Dement and Kleitman
- Created by: jennymayg13
- Created on: 26-04-14 16:02
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- Dement and Kleitman
- Aim
- Will people be more likely to report dreams if they are woken in NREM or REM?
- REM
- Conclusion
- Yes
- Is the direction of eye movement during REM related to dream content?
- Yes
- Can people accurately estimate the duration they were dreaming?
- Yes
- Conclusion
- REM
- Can people accurately estimate the duration they were dreaming?
- Is the direction of eye movement during REM related to dream content?
- Will people be more likely to report dreams if they are woken in NREM or REM?
- Participants
- 7 adult males and 2 adult females
- Findings
- Woken during Rem
- No recall
- 39
- Recall
- 152
- No recall
- Woken during NREM
- No recall
- 149
- Recall
- 11
- No recall
- 5 minutes after REM
- Correct
- 45
- Incorrect
- 6
- Correct
- 15 minutes after REM
- Correct
- 47
- Incorrect
- 13
- Correct
- Vertical
- 3
- Horizontal
- 1
- Both
- 10
- No eye movement
- 21
- Woken during Rem
- Methods
- Lab experiment
- Reported to lab before normal bed time
- Electrodes were attached near their eyes to measure eye movement
- Electrodes on the scalp measure brain activity
- Electrodes were attatched to an EEG
- At various times they were woken up to test if they knew how long they had been dreaming and what they dreamt
- Aim
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