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SUBMITTER: LaBerge S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098118 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
LaBerge Stephen S Baird Benjamin B Zimbardo Philip G PG
Nature communications 20180817 1
Humans are typically unable to engage in sustained smooth pursuit for imagined objects. However, it is unknown to what extent smooth tracking occurs for visual imagery during REM sleep dreaming. Here we examine smooth pursuit eye movements during tracking of a slow-moving visual target during lucid dreams in REM sleep. Highly similar smooth pursuit tracking was observed during both waking perception and lucid REM sleep dreaming, in contrast to the characteristically saccadic tracking observed du ...[more]