Nearly 30 percent of us will sleepwalk at some point in our lives—but what causes sleepwalking? And how can you prevent it? Find out here. Common sense would tell you that being asleep and being awake ...

An hour or two after my school-age son has gone to bed, he sometimes wakes up from a nightmare, walks to my room and mumbles incoherently about what’s scaring him. But he seems off, and I can't get ...

Most of us have seen the classic television trope of a sleepwalker: a person, arms outstretched, staggering about the house as if directed by a video game controller. But what is sleepwalking, exactly ...

Sleepwalking, medically known as somnambulism, is a phenomenon that has intrigued and puzzled both scientists and laypeople for centuries. This condition, which affects millions of people worldwide, ...

Sleepwalking—also known as somnambulism—involves getting up and walking around while in a state of sleep. More common in children than adults, sleepwalking is usually outgrown by the teen years.

A new study provides strong support for the notion that the tendency to sleepwalk is hereditary, passed from parent to child through some as-yet-unidentified gene. Compared to children with no family ...

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Does your little one suffer from sleep terrors? Then get ready to lock the window and doors, because they might soon sleepwalk, too. A study of nearly 2,000 children in Quebec over a 12-year period ...

Celina Myers has gone viral on TikTok for sleepwalking videos. (Photo: YouTube/CelinaSpookyBoo) Celina Myers has various claims to fame, including authoring three paranormal books and creating a ...