Basal Skin Resistance during Sleep and "Dreaming"
- 27 April 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 136 (3513) , 321-322
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.136.3513.321
Abstract
Basal skin resistance was measured continuously in sleeping human subjects. Instead of a hypothesized fall in basal skin resistance during periods of "dreaming" or emergent stage 1 electro-encephalographic activity, there was a rise which generally coincided with the "dreaming" period. This finding, along with other recent studies, indicates that this stage of sleep is not just a light stage of sleep but is unique neurophysiologically.Keywords
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