A new study, by researchers at the University of California, attempted to measure the dream during REM sleep through the electrical activity of a sleeping brain. It proved that eye movements during REM sleep may disclose gaze shifts in the virtual world of dreams, providing a window into the cognitive processes happening in the dream.

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