Each cycle lasts around 90 minutes with different NREM / REM ratios:
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1. Non-REM sleep (sometimes called NREM), which includes light and deep sleep, accounts for about the majority of our sleeping time.
2. REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep is where we may spend some of our time dreaming. This typically takes pl...
Our body cycles between NREM and REM sleep every 90 minutes, this is known as the Sleep Cycle.
Having a complete sleep cycle is important because each type of sleep has its own special benefits. For example, some of the things happening to you when you are in deep NREM (N3)...
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