Recently a team of scientists in Belgium made an amazing discovery, according to their research using MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and EEG (Don't ask) they worked out that there is a certain part of your brain that blocks out the sounds you hear, but not all of the time. That's why you can't hear your drunken parents laughing downstairs, but you can hear your friends voice in a dream magically form to your dad's shouting at you to get up. I think knowledge like this can significantly improve our understanding of the brain, one thing that I would love to see, but I guess it could be a bit far off, a device that can record what happens during your dreams so that you never forget them. The closest thing that I have got to that is a sleep recorder on my iPod Touch that let's me play back all of my embarrassing sleep-talking.
MLA Citation: University of Liège. "Brain waves control the impact of noise on sleep." ScienceDaily, 6 Sep. 2011. Web. 22 May 2012.
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