REM cycle
Rapid eye movement
REM cycle refers to the recurring pattern of rapid eye movement sleep that occurs throughout the night.
During REM sleep, the eyes move quickly, brain activity increases, and most vivid dreaming occurs.
A complete sleep cycle—moving from light sleep through deep sleep to REM—typically lasts about 90 minutes, with REM periods growing longer toward morning.
I woke up in the middle of a REM cycle and felt groggy all day.
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- falling asleepBeginning to slumber
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- dream stateConsciousness during sleep
- lucid dreamingSleep state with awareness
deep · stage · sleep stage · brain · brain waves · rapid · restful · vivid · nightmare · memory · wave · paralysis · unconscious · pillow · night · restorative · good night's sleep · theta
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- cyclescircle of life, period, rhythms, oscillations, full circle
- biorhythmscircadian rhythm, circadian rhythms, circadian clock, biological clocks, biological clock
REM cyclenon-REM sleep
Restful phase without dreaming
deep sleep · light sleep · dreamless sleep · restorative sleep
REM, cycle, eye, movement, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling, cyclist