Dr. Baland Jalal

So you have structures in the brain called the pons and medulla in the lower part of the brain that paralyzes you.

your entire body so you won't act out your dreams and hurt yourself right so this is so i want to lay the foundation before yeah yeah to your point right and that sets up the stage for exploration without risk right so now you can you can engage in this this laboratory uh you know of testing a testing space without any fatal consequences right you can do whatever you want and you don't hurt your sleeping partner partner or yourself so you have that paralysis first of all you're in a physiological straitjacket so to speak right so

your entire body so you won't act out your dreams and hurt yourself right so this is so i want to lay the foundation before yeah yeah to your point right and that sets up the stage for exploration without risk right so now you can you can engage in this this laboratory uh you know of testing a testing space without any fatal consequences right you can do whatever you want and you don't hurt your sleeping partner partner or yourself so you have that paralysis first of all you're in a physiological straitjacket so to speak right so

your entire body so you won't act out your dreams and hurt yourself right so this is so i want to lay the foundation before yeah yeah to your point right and that sets up the stage for exploration without risk right so now you can you can engage in this this laboratory uh you know of testing a testing space without any fatal consequences right you can do whatever you want and you don't hurt your sleeping partner partner or yourself so you have that paralysis first of all you're in a physiological straitjacket so to speak right so

Yeah, yeah. So I just want to sort of go through this. So first of all, you're paralyzed in REM sleep, right? From head to toe, you can't move. Your eyelids can move because of a different circuit, by the way. I just want to add that. So this is a different circuit for the eyelids. Now, interestingly, the emotional part of the brain, the limbic centers tucked behind your ears become hyperactive.

Yeah, yeah. So I just want to sort of go through this. So first of all, you're paralyzed in REM sleep, right? From head to toe, you can't move. Your eyelids can move because of a different circuit, by the way. I just want to add that. So this is a different circuit for the eyelids. Now, interestingly, the emotional part of the brain, the limbic centers tucked behind your ears become hyperactive.

Yeah, yeah. So I just want to sort of go through this. So first of all, you're paralyzed in REM sleep, right? From head to toe, you can't move. Your eyelids can move because of a different circuit, by the way. I just want to add that. So this is a different circuit for the eyelids. Now, interestingly, the emotional part of the brain, the limbic centers tucked behind your ears become hyperactive.

So you have that. Your prefrontal lobes and the CEO of the brain becomes less active for some reason. So that part of the brain dials down, right?

So you have that. Your prefrontal lobes and the CEO of the brain becomes less active for some reason. So that part of the brain dials down, right?

So you have that. Your prefrontal lobes and the CEO of the brain becomes less active for some reason. So that part of the brain dials down, right?

Restriction of inhibition. And so everything in the world becomes less focused, right? Less constrained? Less constrained, right? So you don't think in a logical, straightforward ABC-like manner, right? So if I wake somebody up from REM sleep and say, well, and tell him the word sun, he will think of chair instead of moon. So he doesn't think in a logical, serial manner.

Restriction of inhibition. And so everything in the world becomes less focused, right? Less constrained? Less constrained, right? So you don't think in a logical, straightforward ABC-like manner, right? So if I wake somebody up from REM sleep and say, well, and tell him the word sun, he will think of chair instead of moon. So he doesn't think in a logical, serial manner.

Restriction of inhibition. And so everything in the world becomes less focused, right? Less constrained? Less constrained, right? So you don't think in a logical, straightforward ABC-like manner, right? So if I wake somebody up from REM sleep and say, well, and tell him the word sun, he will think of chair instead of moon. So he doesn't think in a logical, serial manner.

He will think in an unrelated manner. In fact, he will be more likely to say sun and share versus when somebody's awake and I ask him, well, what do you think of now when I say sun? They might say moon. So they are more likely to relate unrelated words. So they think in a logical way.

He will think in an unrelated manner. In fact, he will be more likely to say sun and share versus when somebody's awake and I ask him, well, what do you think of now when I say sun? They might say moon. So they are more likely to relate unrelated words. So they think in a logical way.

He will think in an unrelated manner. In fact, he will be more likely to say sun and share versus when somebody's awake and I ask him, well, what do you think of now when I say sun? They might say moon. So they are more likely to relate unrelated words. So they think in a logical way.

Exploratory process, right? So the prefrontal lobes turn down, right? The emotional part of the brain dial up, right? So you have that, you're paralyzed from head to toe. Now this is a perfect cocktail for strange things. Not only that, but also the chemicals in your brain that have to do with logical and linear thinking, noradrenaline.

Exploratory process, right? So the prefrontal lobes turn down, right? The emotional part of the brain dial up, right? So you have that, you're paralyzed from head to toe. Now this is a perfect cocktail for strange things. Not only that, but also the chemicals in your brain that have to do with logical and linear thinking, noradrenaline.

Exploratory process, right? So the prefrontal lobes turn down, right? The emotional part of the brain dial up, right? So you have that, you're paralyzed from head to toe. Now this is a perfect cocktail for strange things. Not only that, but also the chemicals in your brain that have to do with logical and linear thinking, noradrenaline.

You have adrenaline in your body when you're anxious or you're excited. You have adrenaline. You have noradrenaline in the brain, but also in the body. But noradrenaline is a cousin chemical of adrenaline. Now, this chemical... It turns out there's a structure in the brain, in the brainstem called the locus coeruleus. Yes, exactly. Your pronunciation is brilliant.