REM Sleep

The exact purpose of sleep is a mystery, but most scientists believe that REM sleep helps the brain integrate the days experiences into deeper memory circuits. Therefore, taking sedatives that mess with REM sleep may be the wrong way to get a refreshing n

Some people believe that they do not dream, however everyone dreams. Many people do not remember their dreams.

Stage 5 Sleep, REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement) is also called active sleep. It is the stage in the sleep cycle where you will dream.

Where do human dreams come from? How do they look like?

Most of us think that poor sleep has little consequence, with perhaps a little tiredness the next day. Wrong. Consider the research that is finding a link between REM-stage sleep disorder and Parkinson's Disease.

Is your child dreaming every night? Here are three great explanations on why dreams occur (Physiology, Psychology and the Bible) Also included: when and how you can help.

REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep is a very important part of our sleeping pattern. This stage of sleep is the most important phase of sleep that we experience. Rapid eye movement sleep is the 5th stage of our sleep pattern...

There are so many reasons why people can't get to sleep, everything from crazy schedules and noisy neighbors to the more serious problems that may require medical attention and or treatment.

This article describe why sleep is important and offers a few ways to get the most out of your sleep time.

Following an episode of injuring myself by leaping out of bed while fully asleep, I checked to see if this could be a usual occurrence for other people. It turns out there is a medical name for such episodes.

An overview of why sleep is important to our overall health. This article looks at the mechanisms of sleep, why it is important, what we can do to improve quality of sleep, and discusses various sleep disorders.

Not being able to sleep is a common problem that can easily be fixed, as long as you can figure out what is causing it.

Many people suffer from what are known as parasomnias. These are uncommon sleep-related disorders that disrupt a normal night of sleep. They are things that arouse you from REM sleep or partially arouse you from non-REM sleep.

Experiments that Dement (1960) did on many subjects regarding sleep and dreams are described in this article.

This article looks at how rapid eye movements in sleep are related to dreams.

Are there any requirements into order to dream?

Mental activity and life does not stop when non-REM sleep is occuring

Describes why we become sexually aroused during REM sleep.

All humans sleep, and it is necessary for everyone to receive an adequate amount of sleep each night. Lack of sleep affects your overall health and mental status and can cause disturbances within your life.

To improve memory and simple process function, your sleep spindles must be increased in density and REM sleep cycles should be increased.

For individuals who suffer from sleep disorders or schizophrenia, there is found to be a link between the conditions and a link between the treatment options

During the course of a night a person goes through five different stages of sleep, and go through these five stages around four times a night. These stages are accompanied by body characteristics and brain wave activity.

Children and dreams are always under consideration, especially nightmares.

The more time that passes after the dream ends makes it harder to recall. If you wake up ten or more minutes after a dream is over you more than likely won't remember it.

Over a lifetime a person spends about 25 years of there life sleeping. There are two categories of sleep, the NREM and the REM.

By itself sleep talk is harmless, however if it is part of another sleep disorder such as REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), sleep terrors, sleep related eating disorder (SRED), or sleepwalking, it can be more serious.

This guide explains why time seems to pass by so fast, and what you can do to slow your life down and appreciate every moment.

There are five distinct stages of sleep which humans pass through each time they go to sleep for the night. However, only one stage of sleep, REM sleep is the stage where dreams occurs.

A description of the stages of normal sleep.

People often ask themselves, why do people dream? The answer is a complex one and there are several causes of dreams. Here is an overview of why you dream, what causes dreams, and how to better understand dreaming.

Do you feel tired all the time? Do you seem to need more sleep than your spouse? Could you blame these problems on genetics? Could you have what is being called the sleepiness gene?

Five interesting and surprising sleep facts.