An inactive state resembling deep sleep in which certain animals living in cold climates pass the winter. In hibernation, the body temperature is lowered and breathing and heart rates slow down. Hibernation protects the animal from cold and reduces the need for food during the season when food is scarce. Compare estivation.
Does Dreaming Indicate a Good Nightâs Sleep? Dreams are typically indicative of a good nightâs sleep, demonstrating that you have passed through the light sleeping phase (NREM) and entered into a deep sleep (REM).
The Daytime Benefits of Lucid Dreaming. âIt is believed that for dreamers to become lucid while asleep, they must see past the overwhelming reality of their dream state, and recognise that they are dreaming.round 82% of people are thought to have experienced a lucid dream in their life, while the number experiencing a lucid dream at least once a month may be as high as 37%.