Experimental Modification of Dream Content by Meaningful Verbal Stimuli
The British Journal of Psychiatry November 1, 1963 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.109.463.722 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key findings | The text reports that sleep alternates cyclically between two distinct types: "fore-brain" sleep, marked by slow waves and spindles on the EEG, and "hind-brain" sleep, marked by a low-voltage fast EEG, rapid eye movements, muscle relaxation, and dream recall on awakening. |
Abstract
Numerous recent electroencephalographic studies have revealed the cyclical alternation of two distinct types of sleep (Dement and Kleitman, 1957a), which have been termed “fore-brain” and “hind-brain” sleep by Jouvet (1962). The former is accompanied by slow waves and spindles in the electroencephalogram (EEG) and the latter by a low-voltage, fairly fast EEG pattern; spasmodic, conjugate rapid eye movements (REMs); relaxation of neck and throat muscles in cat (Jouvet, 1962) and human (Berger, 1961); and recall of dreams following awakening (Dement and Kleitman, 1957b).
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