Which of the following statements is true of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep?
A. In humans, the amount of REM sleep over the life span corresponds to the degree of brain plasticity and neural growth.
B. REM sleep, just like new neural growth, continues throughout our lives-it just increases with age.
C. Newborns and infants spend much less time in REM sleep than adults.
D. Brains are least plastic in infancy and childhood and more so in adulthood-precisely the pattern seen in REM sleep.
Answer: A
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a) Charles Spearman
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