This hypothesis suggests that dreams are simply the brain's attempt to make sense of the random firing of brain cells during REM sleep.
A) REM regeneration hypothesis
B) activation-synthesis hypothesis
C) dopaminergic hypothesis
D) Freudian cathartic hypothesis

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The activation-synthesis hypothesis suggests that during REM sleep, the brainstem sends random neural impulses to the brain's cortex, which then tries to make sense of these impulses by creating a dream story.

This Hypothesis Suggests That Dreams Are Simply the Brain's Attempt