Curtis has been getting only four hours of sleep a night

during final exams because he didn't prepare like he should have during the semester. Upon returning home for the summer, he experiences intense dreams for three nights as he gets his more typical seven and a half hours of nightly sleep. Curtis is most likely experiencing
A) dissociation.
B) narcoleptic seizures.
C) REM rebound.
D) sleep paralysis.


Answer: C

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