Talk:Rapid eye movement
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Don't people also dream in other parts of sleep? I'm sure I've heard this somewhere. Meelar 07:06, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC) Sort of. Most of what you'd call "dreams" when you wake up occur during REM sleep though. Endless
How rapid?
Does anybody know how rapid the eye movement referred to is?
This varies. Some researches believe it is linked to the level of mental activity, so the more mental activity there is, the faster the REM will be. Darksun 11:53, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I removed this sentence:
- Studies have shown that being deprived of REM sleep (but not necessarily non-REM sleep) leads to serious mental and physical health problems.
I believe this to be incorrect. Interrupting REM sleep is in fact good for depressed people, and in animals it has been done for some two months without deleterious effects; on the other hand, mice die within 10-20 days if they cannot sleep at all. People have been deprived of REM sleep for a couple of days, and nothing bad happened. AxelBoldt 23:50, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)