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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by jerky eye movements we [Close up of girls eyes]

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hate it when our eyes are jerky can't they just chill out and be nice which

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stage of sleep is characterized by jerky eye movements and paralyzed muscles and

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here are the potential answers.. well it's hard to imagine eyes

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jerking around when they're closed but it happens and it can usually be seen [Man sleeping]

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through the eyelids unless you're one of those people who's eyelids don't fully

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close during sleep in which case its much easier to tell during the first

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sleep stage you drift in and out of sleep and be easily awoken no jerky eyes [Boy awakens as girl walks into room]

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or paralyzed muscles here however so A is out if you were then to shift

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in to stage two you likely try to create rhythmic brainwaves known as sleep

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spindles while also dropping your body temperature and lowering your heart rate [Boy sleeping and temperature drops]

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still no eye activity or paralysis in sight so it's not B next up stage 3

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which is known for slow brain waves caused by delta waves that help you

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transition from light sleep in to deep delta waves are the idealistic college [delta waves appear as boy sleeps]

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years of the sleep cycle still doesn't fit our answer though so cross out C

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then there's stage 4 a deep sleep that lasts for about 30 minutes if you really

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wanted to sell stage 4 here's a tip most bedwetting occurs during this stage, still [Boy wets bed as girl walks into room]

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not what we're looking for though so get rid of D...

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finally there stage 5 REM sleep unsurprisingly REM or rapid eye movement [Boy sleeping as eyes move]

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is characterized by yes jerky eye movement as well as muscle paralysis and

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increased brain activity that causes dreams so E is the answer we're looking

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for...E for everyone is laughing at you in your underwear while your teeth fall out [Man in underwear and teeth fall out as people laugh]

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our subconscious is just the worst...

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