A small vocabulary for
a large unknown.
- REM
- Rapid eye movement, a named sleep stage. A home video is not a brain-activity recording.
- Observation
- What was actually seen, heard or recorded, with the limits of that record attached.
- Inference
- A reasoned conclusion from evidence, distinct from a direct report of an experience.
- Dream content
- The subjective experience or story of a dream. This publication cannot identify it in a dog.
- Unknown
- Information not established by the record. Not a reassuring finding or proof that nothing happened.
- Case report
- A description of an individual case. It does not supply a population frequency or diagnose another animal.
- Apparent sleep
- A description that preserves the difference between looking asleep and physiological confirmation.
- Veterinary assessment
- An individual clinical evaluation, not provided by an editorial tool or a general sleep article.
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Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine ↗Supports the stated guidance, not a review or endorsement of this publication.