Dream voyage

Series: Living Body Series

Duration: 0:27:53

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1984

Creator: Films for the Humanities

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explains what happens to the body during sleep. Looks at the mystery of REM sleep, shows a computer display of the waves that sweep across the brain during sleep, and presents footage of a cat "acting out" its dreams. Illustrates graphically, using an analogy of sleep to a ship on automatic pilot, how some functions must and do continue while the conscious brain is asleep., Explains what happens to the body during sleep. Looks at the mystery of REM sleep, shows a computer display of the waves that sweep across the brain during sleep, and presents footage of a cat "acting out" its dreams. Illustrates graphically, using an analogy of sleep to a ship on automatic pilot, how some functions must and do continue while the conscious brain is asleep.

Complete Record: , Explains what happens to the body during sleep. Looks at the mystery of REM sleep, shows a computer display of the waves that sweep across the brain during sleep, and presents footage of a cat "acting out" its dreams. Illustrates graphically, using an analogy of sleep to a ship on automatic pilot, how some functions must and do continue while the conscious brain is asleep.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.