Eye movements in REM sleep mimic gazes in the dream world
According to a recent study by researchers at UC San Francisco, when our eyes move during REM sleep, we are looking at objects in the dream world that our brains have constructed. The research provides insight into how our imaginations function as well as how we dream. Since the 1950s, it has been recognized that the stage of sleep during which dreams take place is known as REM sleep, named after the rapid eye movements that are linked with it. But there is still a lot of ambiguity and disagreement about the reason for the eye movements. "We demonstrated the consistency of these eye movements. They coordinate with what is occurring in the mouse's virtual dream world, "Massimo Scanziani, PhD, the study's senior author, who is quoted in Science on August 25, 2022. "This discovery answers a riddle that has piqued the interest of scientists for decades and gives us a glimpse into the ongoing cognitive processes in the sleeping brain," he said. However, there wer...