Covert REM sleep effects on REM mentation: Further methodological considerations and supporting evidence

Whereas many researchers see a heuristic potential in the covert REM sleep model for explaining NREM sleep mentation and associated phenomena, many ot hers are unconvinced of its value.;kt present, there is much circumstantial support for the model, but validation is lacking on many points. Supportiv e findings from several additional studies are summarized with results from two new studies showing (I) NREM mentation is correlated with duration of prior REM sleep, and (2) REM sleep signs (eye movements, phasic EMG) occur frequently in NREM sleep. The covert REM sleep model represents one class o f explanatory, models that combines the two assumptions of mind-body isomor phism and a 1-gen mentation generator; its future development will depend l argely upon a more detailed understanding of sleep state interactions and t heir contribution to mind-body, isomorphisms.