Do we dream in the womb?
The surprising neuroscience of our first experiences
Something remarkable happens in the two weeks just before birth. The soon-to-be newborn’s eyes dart in every direction in the characteristic pattern of REM sleep. Not only that: unlike us post-borns who rarely get more than two hours of REM while we dream, the REM firework show last a full 9 hours a day and up to 12 hours in the week before birth.
When…
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