Paradoxical sleep
Paradoxical sleep is a stage of sleep during which there is a great deal of electrical activity in the brain while the muscles are very relaxed and the sleeper is difficult to rouse. The brain wave Srecorded during this phase resembles the pattern found in someone awake. There is often a great deal of the rapid eye movements associated with dreaming.
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