Before revision: REM sleep as a state of increased cognitive flexibilityIn a study on cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle, researchers discovered that when woken from REM sleep, participants had a 32%DIF > advantage on an anagram task (when compared with the number of correct responses after NREM awakenings).Walker, P.; Liston, C.; Allan Hobson, J.; Stickgold, R. (2002) Cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle: REM-sleep enhancement of anagram problem solving.
After revision: Sleep and creativity studiesREM sleep as a state of increased cognitive flexibilityIn a study on cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle, researchers discovered that when woken from REM sleep, participants had a 32%DIF > advantage on an anagram task (when compared with the number of correct responses after NREM awakenings).Walker, P.; Liston, C.; Allan Hobson, J.; Stickgold, R. (2002) Cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle: REM-sleep enhancement of anagram problem solving.