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112: The Science of Sleepwalking

Jun 07, 202159 minEp. 112
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Episode description

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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