It is 2:00 a.m.and Allison has been sleeping for several hours.Her heart begins to pound and flutter,her fingers twitch,her eyelids flicker,and her breathing becomes shallow and irregular.A sleep researcher would best describe these phenomena as an example of
A) a night terror.
B) an autonomic storm.
C) non-REM dream patterns.
D) stage one sleep.

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These phenomena are characteristic of an autonomic storm, which occurs during REM sleep when the autonomic nervous system is highly active, causing physical reactions such as heart pounding and twitching.

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