An Individual Is Having a Vivid Dream About Running in a Marathon

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Multiple Choice

An individual is having a vivid dream about running in a marathon. The individual's legs don't start pumping furiously in bed in order to run because _______________.

• A)Fred knows that this is just a dream and he is able to voluntarily control his muscle movements
• B)the level of arousal in the body and the activity of the brain are significantly reduced during REM sleep
• C)even though our brains are very active, we are essentially paralyzed while in REM sleep
• D)dreaming has been found to take place only in the prefrontal lobe and doesn't affect any other areas of the brain or body

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