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Recent Examples of rapid eye movement
This happens because sleep, especially rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, plays a central role in emotional regulation.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Jan. 2026
While both species experience slow-wave and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, dogs spend only around 10 percent of their rest in REM, compared to humans’ 25 percent.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2025
Deep sleep and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) are especially crucial for memory, emotional regulation, and recovery.
—Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The lightest of the four phases of sleep, known as N1 (for non-rapid eye movement stage one), can also yield profound cognitive benefits.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Jan. 2026
While both species experience slow-wave and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, dogs spend only around 10 percent of their rest in REM, compared to humans’ 25 percent.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2025
Deep sleep and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) are especially crucial for memory, emotional regulation, and recovery.
—Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The lightest of the four phases of sleep, known as N1 (for non-rapid eye movement stage one), can also yield profound cognitive benefits.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapid eye movement
dreaming
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Some critics’ squeamishness seems aimed at the act of invention itself, the florid dreaming in the face of reality.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Why Vivid Dreams May Actually Mean Deeper Rest One of the more counterintuitive findings of the past year challenges the assumption that intense dreaming equals lighter sleep.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2026
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“Rapid eye movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapid%20eye%20movement. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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