paradoxical sleep
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REM sleep is often described as "paradoxical sleep" because the body is mostly still while brain activity resembles wakefulness.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
“How can we wake a cat during paradoxical sleep and ask it questions?”
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2017
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