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Since the early 20th century, human sleep has been described as a succession of five recurring stages: four non-REM stages and the REM stage. (A sixth stageârelaxed wakefulness, the phase during which a person falls asleepâis sometimes included).
These are called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and non-rapid eye movement (Non-REM) sleep. In adults, non-REM sleep occupies around 80 percent of the night, and REM sleep 20 percent. However, REM sleep does not occur in one large block. Actually, we go into REM sleep in cycles of around 90 minutes. That is, REM sleep occurs around once every 90 minutes.