• Question: does your eyeballs move while you sleep?

    Asked by =Sientist_Fatima= to Deborah, Euan, Maheen, Rob on 22 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Deborah Prunty

      Deborah Prunty answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Yes, they move back and forth when we are in the deepest bit of our sleep pattern – so much so that this type of sleep is called REM sleep, short for rapid eye movement!

    • Photo: Rob Stanley

      Rob Stanley answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Yes they do! In fact one type of sleep is called ‘Rapid eye movement’ (REM) sleep, because people’s eyes move quickly and randomly during that part of sleep. It’s often the sort of sleep you’re in when you’re dreaming deeply.

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