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Although dreams may occur in all stages of sleep, they generally happen in stages 3 and 4 of NREM sleep. True or false?

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False

Step-by-step explanation:

Non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) is a stage of profound sleep that is characterized by a decrease rate of the body's autonomic physiological activities.

This sleep stage is also characterized by the absence of dreams, in contrast to Rapid and simultaneous movement (REM) sleep which, due to the brain's high activity, the presence of dreams is more likely to occur. In fact, this stage is associated with vivid and intense dreams due to loss of reflexes.

Therefore, dreams generally happen in REM sleep, not NREM sleep.

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