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Our dreams are remarkably indicative of brain health -- an insight that could help with early diagnosis and treatment of dementia.

Bad dreams allow people to process negative emotions as they lay asleep, undisturbed -- reducing emotional distress when they're up.

The finding is one of several new studies to suggest animal's brains function more similarly to human's than previously thought.

People have on average 4-6 dreams per night, and forget most of them.