Dr. William Dement was a scientist who developed the field of sleep research and coined the term “REM,” or rapid eye movement, to describe the stage of sleep when dreaming takes place.When Dement began researching sleep in the 1950s, it was not well understood, and few scientists gave it much thought.
But Dement’s groundbreaking research showed just how important sleep is and how drastically we can be affected by drowsiness as we’re driving, working, or studying.
A leading advocate for our need for six to eight hours of sleep a night, Dement testified before Congress about the importance of sleep and helped jumpstart the creation of the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research.
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