Biological Approach

Question 1

Aim Dement and Kleitman

Answer 1

To investigate the relationship between eye movements and dreaming

Question 2

3 specific research questions of Dement and Kleitman

Answer 2

1. Does dress* recall differ between eye movement (REM) Abd quiescent (nREM) stages of sleeping?
2. Is there a positive correlation between subjective estimates of dream duration and the length of the REM period before waking?
3. Are eye movement patterns related to dream content?

Question 3

Hypotheses

Answer 3

1. There will be a significant association between REM sleep and dreaming
2. There will be a significant positive correlation between the estimate of the duration of dreams and the length of eye movement
3. There will be a significant association between the pattern of eye movement and the context of the dream
4. Does the duration of REM sleep correlate with the number of words (dream narrative) in a reported dream?