Leah has just fallen asleep and appears to have awakened with a start, reporting that she thinks she just saw a ghost hovering by the end of her bed. What is a likely explanation for her behaviour?
A) She was experiencing K-complexes during stage 2 sleep, which is associated with visual disturbances.
B) She was in REM sleep and was dreaming of ghosts like the ones she had seen in a movie earlier that night.
C) She was in stage 1 sleep and experienced a myoclonic jerk and hypnagogic imagery.
D) She was having a non-REM dream that was more like fleeting sleep images.
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