Question

According to _____, during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the brain tries to make sense of neural activity in the vestibular system that results in dreaming.

Answer 1

Activation Synthesis Model

The activation-synthesis model is proposed by Harvard University psychiatrist John Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley. It is a neurobiological explanation of why and what happens in the brain and body during dreaming. The model hypothesized that dreams result from brain activation during REM sleep.