Your young son insists he went to the amusement park yesterday when he did not. You tell him that he probably dreamed this just before he awoke. "How do you know if I was dreaming?" he demands. You tell him that when you came into his bedroom just before he woke up, his eyes were moving back and forth rapidly behind his closed eyelids. This means he was probably having a dream.

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Rapid eye movement (REM) is a phase of sleep where the eyes move back and forth rapidly behind closed eyelids, and it is typically associated with dreaming. Therefore, the child's rapid eye movements suggest that he was likely dreaming.

Your Young Son Insists He Went to the Amusement Park