If you normally sleep eight hours each night, and last night you only slept for six hours, which stage of sleep would be MOST affected by the loss of total sleep time?

A) slow-wave
B) NREM
C) Stage 2
D) REM

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Jennifer Allison · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  REM sleep is the stage of sleep where the majority of dreaming occurs and it is considered to be the most important stage of sleep for memory consolidation and learning. Research has shown that if individuals are deprived of REM sleep, they will make up for it more quickly and spend more time in this stage of sleep the following night. Therefore, if you were to lose two hours of sleep in a night, it would most likely affect the amount of time spent in REM sleep.

If you normally sleep eight hours each night, and last night you only slept for six hours, which stage of sleep would be MOST affected by the loss of total sleep time?

A) slow-wave
B) NREM
C) Stage 2
D) REM

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If you normally sleep eight hours each night, and last night you only slept for six hours, which stage of sleep would be MOST affected by the loss of total sleep time?

A) slow-wave
B) NREM
C) Stage 2
D) REM