charix:
It is well known our brains are responsible for processing the feel, smell and taste of things in our environment. It is also common knowledge our brain stores these as memories. Many people who've worked in an organization learn quickly to associate the smell of coffee with start of official duties. Some people pick a whiff of perfume which sends their mind back to childhood memories.
With all this said, why do our dreams consist of only sight and sound like TV sets? I've never heard anyone say "in the dream I was surrounded by flowers and they smelt out of this world" but I hear constantly "I saw gates made of gold and heard the roars of lions". Wouldn't it make more sense if our dreams replicated real life where we feel fire burn and not see it burn alone? I always hear of people having delicious meals in dreams which they only describe visually but never in detail it tasted exactly.


Discuss.

tripplephi:


It's the part of your physical body and senses you use most that determines which you will use in your dreams.

Just your personal experience and a few others.

SirWere:
Short Answer : The reason why most people don't smell in their dreams is because they are not involved in the scent (smelling) industry. I remember reading an article on BBC where they said people in perfume companies actually smell in their dreams....

And why?? Because th nordern trend places extreme importance on sight and sound rather than smell. Also Nature rates sight and sound over smell, anyway. You can see why smell would be "relegated" so to speak.


Or so I think anyways.

charix:
It is well known our brains are responsible for processing the feel, smell and taste of things in our environment. It is also common knowledge our brain stores these as memories. Many people who've worked in an organization learn quickly to associate the smell of coffee with start of official duties. Some people pick a whiff of perfume which sends their mind back to childhood memories.

With all this said, why do our dreams consist of only sight and sound like TV sets? I've never heard anyone say "in the dream I was surrounded by flowers and they smelt out of this world" but I hear constantly "I saw gates made of gold and heard the roars of lions". Wouldn't it make more sense if our dreams replicated real life where we feel fire burn and not see it burn alone? I always hear of people having delicious meals in dreams which they only describe visually but never in detail how it tasted exactly.


Discuss.

tartar9:

I don't really understand the question.Do you mean the memory associated with both touch and smell

being able to feel and smell without any sensory input.

tripplephi:



Hahahahaha Op thinking you are opening a thread but you are actually exposing a problem you have... When you truly dream... It contains all senses that's why people eat in there dreams too. So speak only for yourself. And kindly seek spiritual or psychological help. The synergy of all senses occur in a dream state but it's not always we determine facts by smell. It's the part of your physical body and senses you use most that determines which you will use in your dreams.

This thread is good but not the truth... Just your personal experience and a few others.

charix:

This is a normal function of the brain. If you smell something whether pleasant or foul right now it goes straight to your memory even without you realizing.


This is the question I ask. If the brain can conjure images and sound while we sleep(dreams) why don't they feature smells, tastes and textures? Daily we use all our senses, why don't dreams feature all of them instead of only sight and sound?

tartar9:

Also,smell and touch requires a direct measurement of air composition and also pressure and pain.

charix:

I doubt this. Our brains can manufacture sight and sound which are our primary senses so I see no reason why these would prove any more difficult.

Anyway, it occurred to me once in a while I feel things when dreaming, they're called 'nightly emissions' .
This thread has lived past its usefulness, thank you to all who contributed. I'm wiser from your knowledge.

charix:

I doubt this. Our brains can manufacture sight and sound which are our primary senses so I see no reason why these would prove any more difficult.

Anyway, it occurred to me once in a while I feel things when dreaming, they're called 'nightly emissions' .
This thread has lived past its usefulness, thank you to all who contributed. I'm wiser from your knowledge.

tartar9:

OK,but isn't it for the better? Imagine being able to manufacture to a great extent as that of hearing and seeing the experience of pain and smell

Teempakguy:

Wait, forget that, this reminds me of the time I was learning how to play the guitar. During that time, I actually dreamed and felt it. I felt the pain of the strings as they cut into my fingers.

I think the reason why we dream mainly in sight and sound is because they are the most predominant senses.

our eyes never get tired. neither do our ears. but our nose does. humans have very lazy noses. our skin as well.

And since the human brain has a tendency to work only with the most, it tends to dream with sight and sound only.

This suggests that if a person were to be subjected to torture for a length of time, the feeling might follow the individual into his dreams.

Teempakguy:
Sight and sound are actually embedded in the brain. part of the brain is devoted to processing sight. It's called the visual cortex and it keenly interwoven into the brain structure. and in fact, the only thing that happens in dreams is sight. we see things.

Wait, forget that, this reminds me of the time I was learning how to play the guitar. During that time, I actually dreamed and felt it. I felt the pain of the strings as they cut into my fingers. i even had this dream one time where I was cutting my fingertips with a butter knife.

I think the reason why we dream mainly in sight and sound is because they are the most predominant senses. the brain is constantly bombarded with sight and sound, our eyes never get tired. neither do our ears. but our nose does. humans have very lazy noses. our skin as well. And since the human brain has a tendency to work only with the most, it tends to dream with sight and sound only.

This suggests that if a person were to be subjected to torture for a length of time, the feeling might follow the individual into his dreams. and that chefs and perfume makers can smell in their dreams.

charix:

I doubt this. Our brains can manufacture sight and sound which are our primary senses so I see no reason why these would prove any more difficult.
Anyway, it occurred to me once in a while I feel things when dreaming, they're called 'nightly emissions' .
This thread has lived past its usefulness, thank you to all who contributed. I'm wiser from your knowledge.

Feraz:
I have actually felt pain - I was a victim of false accusation that would have led to something serious,

in a dream where I was crying only to wake up with little tears in my eyes. . .

What of laughter?