A new study suggests that jumping spiders might enter rapid eye movement sleep — a phase of rest associated with learning, memory consolidation and dreaming.
, from German, Italian and U.S. researchers, says that a species of jumping spider may have another fascinating trait: the ability to have rapid eye movement sleep, a phase of rest characterized by twitching limbs, high brain activity, and eyes that race in different directions. Scientists say humans have their most vivid dreams during REM sleep.
“I was like, we don’t know what they’re doing, but they’re hanging really neatly, super exposed, not in a silk retreat, so let’s figure it out and let’s just film them throughout the night,” Roessler recalled. “So that’s what we did.”
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