How does the sleeping brain retain the intentions of a person’s conscious self (like not moving all or part of the body, or waking at a very specific time) and then actually carry them out?

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How does the sleeping brain retain the intentions of a person’s conscious self (like not moving all or part of the body, or waking at a very specific time) and then actually carry them out?

In: Biology

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I also want to know this.

I never use an alarm clock, but will tell myself I want to wake by 4 am and I wake around 3:45 am and slither out of bed (so as not to wake my sleeping wife)