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rapid eye movement sleep

rapid eye movement sleep

1 3.7
A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens
  • noun
  • /ˈræpɪd aɪ ˈmʌvəmənt sliːp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sueño REM
  • During rapid eye movement sleep, the brain is very active, and most of our dreaming occurs.
  • REM (rapid eye movement) sleep

So early in the night you got these lighter stages of sleep, less rapid eye movement sleep.

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Examples

  • What about some ways to enhance rapid eye movement sleep beyond what you've covered up until now?

  • (REM is rapid eye movement sleep, named for the twitching of the eyes that occurs during dreaming.)

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  • The third concern with alcohol is that it will block your rapid eye movement sleep, or what we often think of as dream sleep.

  • There are two types of sleep, rapid eye movement sleep and quiet sleep, which is called non rapid eye movement sleep.

  • And we find that these sleep spindles and rapid eye movement sleep here when Theta is occurring are times when this brain is being reshaped.

  • The deeper stages of sleep, or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, occur about every 90 minutes and get longer as the night goes on, so your brain might become more alert between those cycles.

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  • People divide sleep up into more stages than this, but there's really two major kinds of sleep REM sleep, rapid eye movement sleep and non REM sleep.

  • Researchers have discovered that memory consolidation happens primarily during rapid eye movement sleep.

  • Losing rapid eye movement sleep can lead to a decrease in overall sleep quality and affect mood.

Synonyms

REM
vsrapid eye movement sleep
  • Specialized
13 5.2

A stage of sleep when your eyes move quickly and you have clear dreams

is the full term rather than its shortened form
REM sleep
vsrapid eye movement sleep
  • Specialized
10 4.1

A stage of sleep with fast eye movement, clear dreams, and high brain activity

is the same stage but the key highlights eye movement explicitly
rapid eye movement
vsrapid eye movement sleep
  • Specialized
2 3.9

A stage of sleep when the eyes move quickly and you have vivid dreams

is the full named stage rather than just the movement phrase
paradoxical sleep
vsrapid eye movement sleep
  • Specialized
6.3

A part of sleep when the eyes move quickly and dreams feel real

is the same dreaming stage but focuses less on the wakefulness comparison

How Rapid

rapid eye movement sleep
  • Specialized
1 3.7
nonrapid eye movement sleep
  • Specialized
3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

rapid + eye + movement + sleep

The phrase is directly compositional: it denotes a sleep stage characterized by rapid movement of the eyes, which a learner can infer from 'rapid' + 'eye' + 'movement' + 'sleep'. Although it is a technical term (often shortened to REM), the meaning follows straightforwardly from the constituents and is cross-linguistically analyzable, so a B1 learner who knows the component words can understand it.

Etymology

The name rapid eye movement sleep comes from the quick movement of the eye under closed lids while the brain is active. This is when most 'dreaming' happens, so the name tells you it is the dream stage.