In his dream, Andy is an infant crawling through a dark tunnel looking for something he has lost. Which theory would be most receptive to an explanation that, while Andy was sleeping, neurons in his pons that stimulate leg-muscle movement were active?

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The activation-synthesis theory suggests that dreams result from the brain's attempt to make sense of neural activity that occurs during REM sleep, which includes activation of the pons that stimulates leg-muscle movement.

In His Dream, Andy Is an Infant Crawling Through a Dark