REM sleep is called paradoxical sleep because:
a. our heart rate is slow and steady, while our breathing is highly irregular.
b. we are deeply asleep but can be awakened easily.
c. our nervous system is highly active, while our voluntary muscles hardly move.
d. it leads to highly imaginative dreams that are perceived as colorless images.
Answer: c. our nervous system is highly active, while our voluntary muscles hardly move.
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a. ?try to analyze consciousness into discrete mental states called "moments" b. ?actively fight for its place in the academic world c. ?be concerned with the development of rigorous methods of scientific research in the laboratory d. ?incorporate the study of music into laboratory research e. ?study mental processes or functions and not mental structure
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