Question: does our IQ possibly effect our dreams that we have

Alex Reid answered on 13 Nov 2018:

Intelligence is really hard to measure, and different psychologists will have different definitions! I don’t really know the answer to your question, but I do know that intelligence may influence your sleep more generally. There are tiny electrical events that occur in sleep called ‘sleep spindles’, these are high frequency bursts of activity, which may represent different brain regions swapping information. It has been observed that people who measure higher on intelligence scales tend to have more of these. I don’t know if this would influence dreams though. Dreams may also have a strong links with creativity, which is arguably a type of intelligence not picked up by IQ tests. Dreams have inspired artists over thousands of years. For an example check out this wiki article on surrealism, a whole art movement inspired by dreams! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism