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Aug 2021
13m 8s

#01: What is Sleep?

DR. MATT WALKER
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Episode 01: Highlights Human sleep has been separated into two main types: Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleepNREM sleep is further divided into four stages, with each stage increasing in their depth of sleepREM sleep is named this way because of the bizarre, horizontal, shuttling eye movements that occur underneath your e ... Show More
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