CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Episodic Memory
14 Dec 2018
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Dreaming can occur in rem and non-rem states. Nrem dreams tend to be short, dull, and un-dreamlike. Rem sleep is characterized by rapid eye movement, muscle atone, and often dreaming. Ability to remember dreams and talk about it. Correlates with visuospatial skill and individual di erences in working memory. Commonly people assert that there was much more to their dream than they can report. Dreams can be bizarre but not often in this way. If dream is scared you are scared, if dream is happy you are happy. Dreams are rarely bizarre, but when they are, we often do not really notice it until we are awake. Selection bias: bizarre dreams are easier to remember and are more often talked about. Films, visual images, recent social situations and pre-sleep behaviour are rarely incorporated into dreams. Recent episodic memories even salient ones, are rarely incorporated. Alarm goes o , and you think the cops are coming.
