By Sharmain Cornette. âAbout two percent of the patients who undergo open-heart surgery worldwide end up with a stroke.â This notion was amplified yesterday by Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), Dr Gary Stephens, during an interview with this newspaper.
Dreams mainly occur in the rapid-eye movement (REM) stage of sleepâwhen brain activity is high and resembles that of being awake. REM sleep is revealed by continuous movements of the eyes during sleep. At times, dreams may occur during other stages of sleep. However, these dreams tend to be much less vivid or memorable. The length of a dream can vary; they may last for a few seconds, or approximately 20â30 minutes.
Your longest and most memorable lucid dreams usually occur in the fourth and fifth sleep cycles of the night - after about six hours of sleep - during the REM sleep stages. Critically, during these later sleep cycles, periods of REM sleep become longer. The graph shows REM sleep occurring at the end of each sleep cycle. This is your most memorable dream time. If you don't wake up to an alarm, you'll find you often wake directly from a dream, which makes it much easier to remember. When this ...