Theoretical physicist and author Dr. Michio Kaku is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York. His most recent book, released in February of this year, is entitled The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind.
In this video, Dr. Kaku discusses modern scientific research on dreams, including what parts of the brain are active and inactive during dream states, the science of lucid dreaming, Freudian theory and more. As it turns out, Freud isn't completely kooky. -Via Science Dump