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The Confusion of Dreams and REM Sleep
Aria: We still don't know what the function of dreaming is, and that's largely due to the conflation of dreams with REM sleep. Dreams do not occur exclusively during REM sleep; when you wake somebody up during REM, you have approximately 80% chance of getting them to report a dream. If you wake people up during non-REM sleep, you have a 10% chance. Aria: What were they saying most of them in the 20th century before we move on further?