Dreams read by brain scanner for the first time

The team were able to spot dreaming brain activity associated with hand clenching, which proved to be very similar to that seen when imagining hand-clenching. Real hand-clenching showed a like style of activity, but with a greater area of activation. “This is a proof-of-concept study, and provides the first evidence that it may be possible to use brain imaging to read the contents of a person’s dream,”