Hey, so i'm quite new to the forums and recently read on a thread (which I now can't find!) that we wake after every dream or REM period but we just don't remember it, which led to a member of the forum promoting the use of an autosuggestion which consisted of the phrase "I will be aware of waking after each dream."

However, I have just come accross evidence which suggests the opposite, although it was on Wikipidea.

Quote:"The sentinel hypothesis of REM sleep was put forward by Frederic Snyder in 1966. It is based upon the observation that REM sleep in several mammals (the rat, the hedgehog, the rabbit, and the rhesus monkey) is followed by a brief awakening; this does not occur for either cats or humans, although humans are more likely to wake from REM sleep than from non-REM sleep."

The 'hypothsis' here is over 40 years old, so perhaps there is more up to date research which suggests a different answer? If anyone could clear this up for me or point me in the direction of more recent research it would be great!

Skepticsnake