Eugene Aserinsky 1593173 206655640 2008-04-19T08:34:49Z RogDel 6192846 Some cleanup at the vital dates '''Eugene Aserinsky''' (1921 – [[22 July]] [[1998]]) was a graduate student at [[University of Chicago]] in 1953 when he discovered [[REM sleep]]. He made the discovery after hours spent studying the eyelids of sleeping subjects. His PhD adviser, [[Nathaniel Kleitman]], and Aserinsky went on to demonstrate that this "rapid-eye movement" was correlated with [[dream]]ing and a general increase in [[brain]] activity. They pioneered procedures that have now been used with thousands of volunteers using the [[electroencephalograph]]. Because of these discoveries, Aserinsky and Kleitman are generally considered the founders of modern sleep research. ==References== * Psychology Seventh Edition Modules by David G. Myers {{DEFAULTSORT:Aserinsky, Eugene}} [[Category:American physiologists]] [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:1998 deaths]] [[Category:Sleep researchers]] [[Category:University of Chicago alumni]] {{US-med-bio-stub}} [[nl:Eugene Aserinsky]]