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In a survey carried out by Dr. Brown, an author, 86% of the participants reported having experiences that they recall from past dreams. Anne Cleary, Ph.D. has three reasons as to why a moment might seem like a re-experience of a dream: forgetting the experience leading to the dream, connections made during sleep, and mistaking the source. Strongly believing that dreams don't just come from "nowhere", Cleary admits to having "deja vu" experiences before.

Using a computer program, Neuroscientist Kamitani led an experiment to compare the brain's activity during sleep and during wake. This study involved 3 adult males, who were hooked up to a fMRI (used to measure brain activity). Being told to describe the things they saw in their dreams, the 3 adults were also asked to look at those objects in real life. Kamitani's study revealed that the brain responded similarly to objects dreamt about or seen awake.