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112: The Science of Sleepwalking

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We know that some people can walk around while fast asleep, but how does it work? What else can you do in your sleep? What would happen if you broke the law? 

Science might have the answers…

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References & Further Reading

Sleepwalking Basics
  1. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleepwalking/
  2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28363449/
  3. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31288-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218312880%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
  4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17931980/
  5. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-science-of-sleepwalking-97626685/
  6. https://n.neurology.org/content/78/20/1583

    7. Sleepwalking & The Law
    1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15229043/
    2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1286639/
    3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4506454/
    4. https://www.sleep.theclinics.com/article/S1556-407X(11)00086-5/fulltext
    5. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (2011) David Eagleman

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