Rem Sleep

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  Seeing Stars When You Close Your Eye? Study Explains Why

  Dr Sermed Mezher, an NHS doctor, explains in an Instagram post that seeing swirling patterns or flashes of light when closing your eyes is a normal experience, particularly common in childhood.

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  What Is REM Sleep? Here's Why You Need It

  Here we share the many reasons why getting REM sleep is essential for good health.

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  Sleep: What Is REM Sleep And Why Is It Important?

  In this article, we discuss what REM sleep is and why do we need it.

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  Eye Movement During Sleep May Give Hints About Your Dreams, Reckons New Study

  A new study, by researchers at the University of California, attempted to measure the dream during REM sleep through the electrical activity of a sleeping brain. It proved that eye movements during REM sleep may disclose gaze shifts in the virtual world of dreams, providing a window into the cognitive processes happening in the dream.

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  Study Identifies How Sleep Helps Our Brain to Process Emotions and Regulate Mental Health

  With their study, the researchers at the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have tried to understand how the brain places an order of urgency or treatment of emotions during dreaming. Their findings, published in the journal Science, can open new ways to understand and address mental health issues, including PTSD.

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  Study: Anxiety Linked To Kicking, Yelling During Sleep

  During normal REM sleep, your brain sends signals to prevent your muscles from moving.However, for people with REM sleep behavior disorder, those signals are disrupted.

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  Woman Woken Up In The Middle Of Night By Scariest Surprise - A Python

  Having to suddenly wake up during REM sleep right in the dead of the night is bad enough. But waking up to find the disruption was caused by a snake - now that's pretty much the stuff of nightmares. A woman in Australia not only lived through this ordeal, she has even posted about it on Facebook.

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  Sleep Loss May Up Desire For Sugary, Fatty Foods: Study

  Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep loss may lead to increased consumption of unhealthy foods, specifically sugar and fat, a new study has found.

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  Dreaming Phase Of Sleep May Be Key To Memory Formation: Study

  Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep - the phase where dreams appear - plays a key role in memory formation, a new study in mice has found.

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  These Dozing 'Dragons' Could Change How We Think About Sleep

  The dragon's eyes twitch under its lids. An electronic monitor hooked up to its brain shows activity spiking across it. Somewhere inside its reptilian subconscious, a dream may be playing out - of enjoying a satisfying meal or relaxing on a sun-baked stone.

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  How Climbing Down From Trees Let Humans Finally Get A Good Night's Sleep

  Millions of years ago, when we were shorter and hairier and, well, let's just say it, not too far removed from chimps, a night of uninterrupted sleep was impossible to come by.

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  How Climbing Down From Trees Let Humans Finally Get A Good Night's Sleep

  Millions of years ago, when we were shorter and hairier and, well, let's just say it, not too far removed from chimps, a night of uninterrupted sleep was impossible to come by

• Poor sleep tied to weight gain

  Sleep deprivation might contribute to excess weight in adults and children.