Dreaming is common in which stage of sleep: September 2008: (A) REM, (B) NREM 1, (C) NREM 2, (D) NREM 3
Answer is A. Ans. A: REM Humans aroused at a time when they show the EEG characteristics of REM sleep generally repo that they were dreaming, whereas individuals awakened from slow-wave sleep/ NREM do not. This observation and other evidence indicate that REM sleep and dreaming are closely associated. The tooth-grinding (bruxism) that occurs in some individuals is also associated with dreaming.