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Definition of Rapid eye movement

1. Noun. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep.

Definition of Rapid eye movement

1. Noun. Rapid movement of the eyes, characterising REM sleep ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Rapid eye movement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"rapid eye movement Sleep Dreaming during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a normal human neurocognitive state with many of the formal features of mental ..."

2. The Psychological Experiences Connected with the Different Parts of Speech by Eleanor Harris (Rowland) Wembridge (1907)
"The two factors alternate when eye movements of the ' first type ' (ie, simple rapid eye movement) separate moments of significant stimulation. ..."

3. Studies in Psychiatry by Psychiatrical Society of New York (1912)
"The eyes rarely moved through the entire 25° from numeral to numeral in a single rapid eye-movement. This was entirely congruent with the ..."

4. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1906)
"... in view of the briefness of stimulation of any one retinal element during the rapid eye-movement, to be above the threshold of perception. ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"Then (rapid eye-movement); quite definite kinaesthetic sensations, ... Then feeling of doubt; (again rapid eye-movement); muddle of organic sensations and ..."

6. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1911)
"Then (rapid eye-movement); quite definite kinaesthetic sensations, ... Then feeling of doubt; (again rapid eye-movement); muddle of organic sensations and ..."

7. Biological Rhythms: Implications for the Worker by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Prolonged temporal isolation, for many days or weeks, sometimes leads to a dramatic dissociation of Table 3-1—Differences Between rapid eye movement (REM) ..."

8. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1879)
"... present in terms of rapid eye-movement from the lower to the upper row of numbers and in the extremely syncopated and fleeting auditory-vocal-motor ..."

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