Which of the following would be evidence in support of the information processing theory of dreams?

a. People spend more time in REM sleep after learn- ing difficult material.
b. Interfering with REM sleep facilitates memory for newly learned material.
c. The area of the brain that is most active while learning new material is inactive during subsequent REM sleep.
d. The dreams of men and women have become more similar over the last several decades.


a. People spend more time in REM sleep after learn- ing difficult material.

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