JERUSALEM: Scientists have learnt that eye movements change the scenes during dreams. For the first time scientists have recorded from individual brain cells during the dreaming phase of sleep.
Tel Aviv University in Israel scientist recorded bursts of activities after each rapid eye movement that match what happens when we are awake and we see or imagine a new image.
Dr Yuval Nir said that these well known flickering movements accompany a change of scene in our dreams.
The recordings were made from patients with electrodes implanted in their brains to monitor seizures. He thanked the epilepsy patient who volunteered to take part in the experiment.
