In REM, the brain becomes more active, more like your brain activity while awake.

在快速眼动阶段，大脑变得更加活跃，更像你清醒时的大脑活动。

But oh, in REM sleep, what dreams may come...

在REM期，我们会做梦。

While in REM, the prefrontal cortex, which is largely responsible for inhibition and cognitive control, becomes much less active.

在快速眼动中，主要负责抑制和认知控制的前额叶皮层，变得不那么活跃了。

However, some scientists suggest that once in REM sleep, it's the closest we'll ever get to an alternate world.

然而有一些科学家表明一但进入快速眼球运动睡眠阶段（REM），这时候我们离另一个世界是最近的。

So for example, disturbances in REM are associated with depression.

例如， REM 紊乱与抑郁症有关。

People with a REM sleep behavior disorder may enact their dreams while they're in REM sleep, usually keeping their eyes closed.

患有快速眼动睡眠行为障碍的人可能会在处于快速眼动睡眠时做梦，通常是闭着眼睛。

The research suggests that this increase in REM helps the mouse brains react to and deal with stress, and the same may be true for humans.

研究表明，快速眼动的增加有助于老鼠大脑对压力作出反应和处理，人类也可能是这样。

Usually, people wake up when their brains are in the non-REM phase, but sometimes you wake up when you're still in REM sleep.

通常，人们会在大脑处于非快速眼动睡眠阶段时醒来，但有时您会在仍处于快速眼动睡眠阶段时醒来。

It turns out that this is not the case, and in REM sleep our brains can be even more active than when we're awake.

事实证明情况并非如此，在快速眼动睡眠中，我们的大脑比清醒时更加活跃。

You generally have a few cycles of REM sleep every night, but the amount of time you spend in REM sleep can depend on how you're doing psychologically.

你通常每晚经历几个快速眼动睡眠周期，但你花在快速眼动睡眠上的时间取决于心理状态。

I will be in REM sleep at the table if we go to dinner at 9 p.m. Okay, so recently I have a newfound love of Thai curry.

如果我们晚上 9 点去吃晚饭， 我会在餐桌上进入快速眼动睡眠状态。 好吧，最近我对泰式咖喱有了新的热爱。

Mild symptoms of cocaine withdrawal are mostly psychological: and include things like depression, anxiety, fatigue, reduced concentration, cravings, tiredness, increased appetite, excessive sleeping, and vivid dreaming due to increased time in REM sleep.

可卡因戒断的轻微症状大多是心理上的，包括抑郁、焦虑、疲劳和注意力减退、渴望、疲劳、食欲增加、嗜睡和由快速动眼期睡眠时间变长造成的多梦。

And don't overlook the importance of a wind-down routine to help you shift from action to a night of rest and recovery - including that bizarrely busy time your brain spends in REM.

并且不要忽视放松例行程序的重要性，它可以帮助您从行动转变为夜间休息和恢复 - 包括您的大脑在快速眼动睡眠中度过的异常忙碌的时间。

A 2020 study of over 4,000 middle-aged and older adults found that each 5 percent decrease in REM sleep was linked with a 13 percent greater risk of dying from any cause over the next two decades.

2020 年对 4,000 多名中老年人进行的一项研究发现，快速眼动睡眠每减少 5%，未来 20 年因任何原因死亡的风险就会增加 13%。