Bart awakes screaming, shaking, and sweating, and his heart is beating rapidly. Homer and Marge, being good parents, has Bart hooked up to an electroencephalograph. Checking Bart’s EEG, they note that Bart was in stage 4 sleep just before he awoke. From this information, they feel confident in saying that Bart had just experienced ____

a. ?a nightmare
b. ?sleep terror disorder
c. ?a lucid dream
d. ?an episode of sleep apnea


ANSWER:
b

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