Roberta McLain is a science educator, communicator, freelance writer and boarding school teacher based in Boston. While teaching high school science for multiple decades, she became increasingly aware of the need for better science communication. McLain has a bachelor of science degree in biology and psychology and a master of science degree in biology. She is a graduate student in Johns Hopkins University's Science Writing program. Follow her on LinkedIn and on X (formerly Twitter) @MclainRoberta or e-mail her at bmclain@govsacademy.org
Why Do We Dream? Maybe to Ensure We Can Literally ‘See’ the World upon Awakening
A theory holds that dreams are a way for the visual cortex of the brain to “defend its turf” against being “taken over” to process inputs from other senses