112: The Science of Sleepwalking

07/06/2021 58 min Episodio 112
112: The Science of Sleepwalking

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Episode Synopsis

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

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



Sleepwalking & The Law

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



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