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Our eyes flicker during sleep when we’re ‘changing scenes’ in dreams

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Eye movements are like ‘moving to the next dream slide’ (Picture: Gaumont/Science of Sleep)

Well, this is cool.

A new study claims that there’s a really interesting reason behind our eyes flickering while we sleep, and it’s all to do with the mystery of dreams.

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles implanted electrodes into the brains of 19 people over the course of four years to analyse the activities of neurons in the medial temporal lobe – the part of the brain that bridges the gap between visual perception and memories.

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