Psychologists found that exercising decreased the amount of time people spent dreaming each night.
Researchers found that participants who exercised spent less time in REM. Since REM sleep is when you dream, it could mean they had less nightmares. READ MORE:A run a day might help keep the boogeyman away.
Also, exercising reduced the amount of time people spent in the period of sleep in which dreams take place, called rapid eye movement, or sleep.This is consistent with recommendations doctors already make for reducing nightmares. 'Regular exercise, yoga and meditation may also help reduce stress and improve sleep quality,' and in turn reduce chronic nightmares, according to Stanford sleep scientists.
Using data about heart rate and bodily movement, they determined when the participants were cycling through different stages of sleep each night and how much exercise they were getting each day. Each night, your body cycles through five different stages of sleep, starting off light and getting progressively deeper. The final stage of sleep, REM, is when dreaming occurs.
The researchers found that on days where participants exercised, they spent less time in REM sleep, but more time in the deep sleep stages that take place before REM. The use of the Fitbit allowed the researchers to observe the participants in their natural environment instead of in a lab over a long period of time.
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