STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
DREAMS
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Question
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REM and dreaming last for increasing lengths of time.
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REM and dreaming decrease and sleep becomes deeper.
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REM and dreaming are unaffected by the length of sleep.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -When you enter REM sleep, brain activity increases again, meaning sleep is not as deep. The activity levels are like when you’re awake. That’s why REM sleep is the stage where you’ll have intense dreams. At the same time, major muscles that you normally control (such as arms and legs) can’t move.
Detailed explanation-2: -The length of sleep stages changes during a given night’s sleep. For example, near the beginning of sleep, the body cycles through relatively short periods of REM sleep and long periods of deep sleep. As the night goes on, periods of REM sleep increase and those of deep sleep decrease.
Detailed explanation-3: -Subjects awakened from REM sleep recall elaborate, vivid, hallucinogenic and emotional dreams, whereas subjects awakened during non-REM sleep report fewer dreams, which, when they occur, are more conceptual, less vivid and less emotion-laden.
Detailed explanation-4: -The average length of the first NREM-REM sleep cycle is 70 to 100 minutes. The second, and later, cycles are longer lasting-approximately 90 to 120 minutes (Carskadon and Dement, 2005). In normal adults, REM sleep increases as the night progresses and is longest in the last one-third of the sleep episode.