Sleep stages resembling the REM and non-REM (NREM) phases observed in mammals and birds were recently found in other vertebrates, cephalopods, and euarthropods. REM sleep-like stages could mark a leap in cognitive evolution, by regulating the visuomotor elaboration that Coombs and Trestman deem essential for the cognitively complex lineages. The more widespread NREM sleep-like stages likely modulate metabolism and homeostasis of synaptic circuits.
Becchetti, A. (2025). Considering REM sleep-like stages among the traits defining cognitively complex lineages. BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES, 48, 37-39 [10.1017/s0140525x25100794].
Considering REM sleep-like stages among the traits defining cognitively complex lineages
Becchetti, Andrea
Primo
2025
Abstract
Sleep stages resembling the REM and non-REM (NREM) phases observed in mammals and birds were recently found in other vertebrates, cephalopods, and euarthropods. REM sleep-like stages could mark a leap in cognitive evolution, by regulating the visuomotor elaboration that Coombs and Trestman deem essential for the cognitively complex lineages. The more widespread NREM sleep-like stages likely modulate metabolism and homeostasis of synaptic circuits.
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