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		Havoc on Dec 22, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WakeMate review The theory is pretty sound imo: REM atonia, a state in which the motor neurons are not stimulated and thus the body's muscles do not move. [From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REM_atonia#Physiology]

jpark on Dec 22, 2010 [–]

I would totally disagree that the theory is sound. The fact wrist-based actigraphy correlates at all with REM phases is not scientifically validated in any robust way.

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