Study reveals interesting facts about dreams and what they actually mean -... Study reveals interesting facts about dreams and what they actually mean - read here Results show that 53.5% of dreams were traced to a memory, and nearly 50% of reports with a memory source were connected to multiple past experiences. (Image Source: Pixabay) Updated: Jun 9, 2021, 07:29 PM IST Dreams result from a process that often combines fragments of multiple life experiences and anticipates future events, according to novel evidence from a new study in the Journal Sleep. The journal Sleep is the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society.