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Strange but True: Less Sleep Means More Dreams: Scientific American

epeefencer rated 6 months ago
Very interesting article on dreaming and deprivation. Fascinating stuff. From the page: "But the persistence of REM begs the question: Why is it so insistent? When rats are robbed of REM for four weeks they die (although the cause of death remains unknown). Amazingly, even though we spend ab...

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epeefencer rated 6 months ago
Very interesting article on dreaming and deprivation. Fascinating stuff. From the page: "But the persistence of REM begs the question: Why is it so insistent? When rats are robbed of REM for four weeks they die (although the cause of death remains unknown). Amazingly, even though we spend about 27 years dreaming over the course of an average life, scientists still can't agree on why it's important."