Naps with rapid eye movement sleep increase receptiveness to positive emotion

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 03:42 in Psychology & Sociology

Naps with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep refresh the brain's empathetic sensitivity for evaluating human emotions by decreasing a negative bias and amplifying recognition of positive emotions.

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