If you normally sleep eight hours each night,and last night you only slept for six hours,which stage of sleep would be MOST affected by the loss of total sleep time?
A) slow-wave
B) NREM
C) Stage 2
D) REM

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REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is the stage of sleep that is typically associated with dreaming and is considered to be the most important stage for restoring cognitive function and memory consolidation. Additionally, REM sleep normally increases in duration as the night progresses, meaning that an interruption in total sleep time would likely have a greater impact on this stage of sleep than on other stages, such as slow-wave or Stage 2 sleep.

If You Normally Sleep Eight Hours Each Night,and Last Night