Guest guest Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 Just a brief interpolation into the current discussions on so-called 'deep sleep'. How are we actually defining this so that we all know what we are talking about? It occurs to me that many people claim not to dream so that they might well believe that all their sleep is necessarily 'deep'. Other, like myself for example, seem to dream all of the time and never wake up other than in the middle of a dream. I had assumed for my own purposes that we were calling that sleep which would be detected as exhibiting REM (rapid eye movements) 'dreaming sleep' and that any other, non-REM sleep, was 'deep sleep'. However, just looking up 'sensory deprivation' in Britannica 2000, I came across the following interesting observation: "In terms of subjective response, recently awakened sleepers often describe REM sleep as having been "deep" and NREM sleep as having been "light." The subjectively felt depth of REM sleep may reflect the immersion of the sleeper in the vivid dream experiences of this stage." Interesting? Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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