• whaleross@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I saw a little documentary recently about a study from a dream institute in Hungary (if I remember correctly) that REM sleep is absolutely vital for dogs brains to process the events of the day to learn from and to make lasting impressions. That’s why dogs nap a lot and have these intense REM phases. For dogs sleep is much more than just rest. Probably for us as well.

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      1 month ago

      Are you saying I can train cats by provoking it when it feels sleepy, until it fights back, then I punish it by pinning it and pinching it and finally let it go into REM? Got it!