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Black-and-white dreams
People who grew up with black-and-white TV report more black-and-white dreams.
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In surveys, older people who grew up with black-and-white television reported dreaming in black and white more often than younger people who grew up with colour. It is a lovely reminder that dreams borrow their look from waking life.
Sources
- Murzyn, Do we only dream in colour? A comparison of reported dream colour in younger and older adults with different experiences of black and white media, Consciousness and Cognition, 2008
Evidence label: Exploratory. What the labels mean.
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