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Hypnograms summarize 2 hours of typical experimentally observed alternations between wake (W), sleep (S), and REM sleep (R). If brief awakenings are neglected (left), the polyphasic sleep-wake structure is evident. Including brief awakenings (right), illustrates the qualitative differences between brief and sustained awakenings.
