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REM Sleep

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REM sleep is a stage marked by rapid eye movements, brain activity resembling waking, and most vivid dreaming.

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Recorded brain activity during REM is nearly indistinguishable from that of an alert waking person.

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REM is not the deep stage. It is the active stage, and its share of the night grows toward morning.