Tab. 2 –

Theta power within REM sleep bouts of different lengths.

	short	midlength	long
1st epoch	1634.9+/−241.3	1823.9+/−246.7	1577.4+/−265.4
2nd epoch	1450.9+/−190.1	1596.1+/−191*	1603.2+/−274.9
middle epoch	1224+/−178*#	1431.3+/−214.7*	1323.5+/−264
2nd-to-last epoch	1238.9+/−177.4*	1184.3+/−180.1*#+	1128.8+/−394
last epoch	1248.2+/−181.2*	1090.1+/−140.5*#+	891.4+/−158.5*#

Average theta power (μV²) +/− standard error

^*indicates significant difference compared to the 1^st epoch

^#indicates significant difference compared to the 2^nd epoch

⁺indicates significant difference compared to the midpoint epoch