AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During NREM sleep, dreaming
A
Never occurs.
B
Is the most vivid and memorable.
C
Is rare, occurring only 10% of the time.
D
Is more likely to be lucid, allowing dreamers to take control of their dreams.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dreaming can occur in both rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep. We recently showed that in both REM and NREM sleep, dreaming is associated with local decreases in slow wave activity (SWA) in posterior brain regions.

Detailed explanation-2: -REM sleep happens about an hour to an hour and a half after falling asleep. REM sleep is when you tend to have vivid dreams.

Detailed explanation-3: -This sleep stage is when heartbeat, eye movements, brain waves, and breathing activity begin to taper down. Motor movements also diminish, although you may experience muscle twitches called hypnic jerks.

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