THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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Question
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What is the nickname for REM sleep because one’s brain is active yet one’s muscles are relaxed?
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Paradoxical Sleep
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Deep Sleep
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Sleep Spindles
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Unorthodox Sleep
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Another common term used to describe REM sleep is “paradoxal sleep” because brain activity during REM sleep has a striking resemblance to that observed during wakefulness, hence the paradox.
Detailed explanation-2: -So, REM sleep truly has earned the name “paradoxical sleep, ‘’ first given to it by the French researcher Michel Jouvet because of its waking EEG during behavioral sleep.
Detailed explanation-3: -During REM sleep the brain is highly active. This stage is called active sleep. Most vivid dreams occur in REM sleep. In REM sleep, brain activity is comparable to that in waking, but the muscles are virtually immobilized, which prevents people from acting out their dreams.
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