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paradoxical sleep
noun as in rapid eye movement
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noun as in REM sleep
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When REM sleep was first discovered, psychologists called it “paradoxical sleep,” as the brain’s electrical activity during REM sleep looks more like the waking brain than it does like the brain during other sleep stages.
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“How can we wake a cat during paradoxical sleep and ask it questions?”
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He called the REM state “paradoxical sleep,” since the brain is active even though the body is virtually still.
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