REM sleep (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

REM sleep

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And even in the dreams of REM sleep, when there’s no movement, no world to see, thesearchlight still roams. The brain goes on exploring its map, with no physical world to act on.

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Illustration from the animated film “The brain’s Searchlight” / Helmet for the Kavli Institute forSystems Neuroscience, NTNU

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