Quote Originally Posted by annsie View Post
How long, how often, and how soon REMs occur in any particular sleep depends on the sleep circadian rhythm which is governed by your hypothalamus as well as other factors from diet to work to stress to life style and environment.
Some work of Mark Soloms suggest that REM sleep and dreaming are not related.
He worked with patients which had brain damage in the area responsible for the REM sleep. They did not get into the REM phase, but still had dreams.

(Solms, M. (2000). Dreaming and REM sleep are controlled by different brain mechanisms, 23(6), Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 793-1121)

Annsie,
which type of medical degree do you have?
You are emphasizing that you are a doctor at many chances and also in different forums.

How's about you shed some light?