Lavie P, Sutter D
Am J Psychol. 1975 Dec;88(4):595-603.
Ten young adults were wakened from REM sleep and from nonREM sleep on two nonconsecutive nights and were tested to determine their upper and lower beta-movement thresholds. The ranges of the illusion were found to be significantly wider after waking from REM sleep than after waking from nonREM sleep or before sleep. The differential responding to the beta movement supports the experimental hypothesis that apparent motion may provide sensitive detectors of the operation during wakefulness of the Basic Rest-Activity Cycle, of which REM and nonREM sleep are opposite phases that carry over into wakefulness.
十名年轻人在两个不连续的夜晚分别从快速眼动睡眠和非快速眼动睡眠中被唤醒，并接受测试以确定他们的上下β运动阈值。结果发现，从快速眼动睡眠中醒来后的错觉范围比从非快速眼动睡眠中醒来后或睡前的范围明显更宽。对β运动的差异反应支持了实验假设，即明显运动可能为基本休息 - 活动周期在清醒状态下的运作提供灵敏的探测器，其中快速眼动睡眠和非快速眼动睡眠是延续到清醒状态的相反阶段。
