At night when you fall asleep, your mind turns your thoughts into a clever story line. These story lines are called dreams. Dreams are a mysterious thing. No one knows why we have them. Scientists know some things like the stages of sleep. Most artists use their dreams as inspiration. REM sleep (rapid eye movement) is one of the stages of sleep. It’s the part of your dream that is most vivid. During this stage, your brain paralyzes your body from doing the action in your dream. The only thing that moves is your eyes. If you had drugs like cocaine before bed, you have a great chance of not reaching the REM stage. NREM SLEEP NREM sleep (non- rapid eye movement) is the part of your dream you forget. Between five minutes of waking, half your dream is forgotten. THE STAGES OF SLEEP When you sleep you go through five stages of sleep. Stage 1: Stage one is called the Alpha stage. In this stage your mind isn’t focusing on a dream, but you’re thinking about what happed during the day. It’s possible to think you hear someone call your name or ring the doorbell. Stage 2: In the second stage, your heart rate slows down and your brain produces lots of brain wave activity known as sleep spindles. Stage 3: In stage three, your deep, slow brain waves called delta waves, emerge. It is in the middle of light sleep and deep sleep. Stage 4: Stage four is called delta sleep. It’s called that because, of the kind of delta waves that occur at the time. Sleep-walking can occur at the end of stage four. Stage 5: Stage five is called REM sleep. This is the part of your dream that is most vivid. THE DREAM CATCHER The Dream Catcher was made by the Native Americans. It was made to repel bad dreams. It was made out of twigs, string and beads. The natives thought that the string would catch the bad dreams like a web, and the good dreams would go through the hole in the middle. If the natives kept beside their bed, they would never have bad dreams again. HOW MANY DREAMS THE AVERAGE PERSON HAS PER NIGHT The average person has 3-5 dreams per night. Dreams can last up to 20 minutes, but some can only last for 3 seconds. Some people can have up to seven dreams per night. As you can see, dreams are very interesting. You learned about REM sleep, the stages of sleep, dream catchers, NREM sleep, how many dreams the average person has per night and so on. WEBSITES I USED: http://www.boredpanda.com/15-interesting-facts-about-dreams-dreaming/ http://www.boredpanda.com/15-interesting-facts-about-dreams-dreaming/
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