Why do our eyes flutter about during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep? To keep track of the actions and events in our dreams, says a study in the June issue of Brain.
Researchers at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris studied people who
have a disorder that makes them act out their dreams (but whose eye
movements have been shown not to differ from healthy sleepers). Using
electrodes to record eye movements and cameras to capture nighttime
motions, the researchers found that where participants were looking and
what they were doing synchronized 90 percent of the time. A subject
dreaming about climbing a ladder, for instance, repeatedly gazed up and
down to check his progress.To read the full, original article click on this link: Dreamy Eyes: What Do We Look at While Asleep?: Scientific American
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