dreaming sleep

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This is significant, as REM sleep – sometimes called "dreaming sleep" — is thought to be important for memory and regulating emotions.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

He meets scientists and physicians specializing in sleep disorders, and draws on historical accounts to eloquently describe conditions such as sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming, sleep apnoea and insomnia.

From Nature • Feb. 26, 2018

“During dreaming sleep, the body is paralyzed to prevent us from acting out our dreams. Occasionally the body gets confused and the brain wakes yet the paralysis persists,” Williams said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2018

They see the world through doors very little ajar, and they know the walking of God through their dreaming sleep.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

The cradle produces a sort of dosing, or dreaming sleep.

From Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by Cobbett, William