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2-Minute Neuroscience: Stages of Sleep

2-Minute Neuroscience: Stages of Sleep
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Sleep stages are defined based primarily on the measurement of electrical activity in the brain using an electroencephalogram, or EEG. In this video, I discuss the 4 stages of sleep and what the electrical activity of the brain looks like in each stage.

[Video and text source: Neuroscientifically Challenged YouTube channel]