Allan Hobson

Allan Hobson was a renowned psychiatrist and sleep researcher known for his work on understanding dreams and consciousness. He proposed that dreaming results from the brain’s attempt to interpret random neural activity during sleep, especially during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. His theory suggests that dreams are a form of internal brain activity that helps maintain mental health, rather than being purely mysterious or symbolic. Hobson’s research contributed significantly to neuroscience, bridging the study of sleep, cognition, and consciousness, and offering insights into how the brain processes information both during wakefulness and sleep.