When you go to check on your sleeping child, you observe that his eyes are moving back and forth rapidly under his eyelids. It is likely that he is
A) in the deepest level of sleep.
B) dreaming.
C) in a hypnagogic state.
D) awakening.

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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a stage of sleep during which our eyes move rapidly back and forth under our eyelids. This is the stage of sleep during which we dream, so observing rapid eye movements during sleep is a strong indication that the individual is in REM sleep.

When You Go to Check on Your Sleeping Child, You