Part Three.

This is for people who can answer general questions about dreams, philosophical questions are included.
Do animals dream? If so, what kind of animals? Mammals, such as mice/rats, cats, dogs, etc dream (as far as I know from watching them sleep).
Do you dream in black and white? No.
Do you dream in color? Yes.
Do dreams serve a purpose? Yes.
If so, what is their purpose? The purpose of dreams, in my opinion, is to subconsciously guide us through problems in our life, if we can decipher them.
Why do we dream? (Answered in the above question)
Can dreams be premonitions? (If so, perhaps provide examples of dreams that you have had, and what events they correlate to.) Yes, dreams can be premonitions, but I have not yet had one to foresee any events.
Is our brain any different when we are dreaming from when we are awake? Yes.
How is it different from our dreams and reality? When we are dreaming our minds create a strong, lucid environment where the impossible can be created AND there are fewer worldly distractions, which means that problem solving becomes easier; though when we are awake, the same environment would be much weaker from our version of "logical thinking", saying that what we imagine cannot be happening because it is not there in front of us for our conscious minds to register.

I sincerely hope that my answers have helped, and congratulations on 1) Being accepted into Yale and 2) Being accepted into Yale's Summer Institute for the Gifted program.

Best of luck with your life,

Brandon (A.K.A TwinSeed1)

Thanks!

Anytime, I adore philosophy/psychology. I'm going to study it in college (not sure which yet, but I have a few years left to think) and become a counseling therapist n_n