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112: The Science of Sleepwalking
58 minutes Posted Jun 7, 2021 at 4:00 am.
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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

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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