dream deprivation

a research technique designed to study the effects of reduced REM sleep on REM dreaming. After being routinely awakened during this stage of sleep, participants tend to compensate with longer periods of REM sleep on subsequent nights, a finding that may point to homeostatic compensation for REM-dream deprivation. The technique is a specifically focused subtype of REM-sleep deprivation.

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December 21st 2024

voir dire

the process of questioning prospective jurors to determine if they hold biases that may reasonably interfere with their ability to act impartially in a particular trial (from Norman French, literally: “to speak the truth”). The questions may be asked in private or in open court and may be posed by the attorneys, the judge, or both. Jurors may be asked to stand down by a challenge for cause or a peremptory challenge.