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    SLEEP IN QUARANTINE: IS THE LOCKDOWN AFFECTING OUR DREAMS?

    May 28, 2020 3 minutes
    by AMY BARRETT

    Nearly one in three adults is remembering more dreams, according to a YouGov poll of 2,477 Americans in April. These aren’t just any dreams: Google searches for weird and strange dreams has spiked, and searches for the question ‘why am I having weird dreams lately?’ has tripled. So is the lockdown affecting our sleep?

    There are several stages within one night’s sleep. First of all, we get drowsy. Our brain activity begins to lull and we move quickly into light, then deep sleep – these three stages together are what’s

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