Are You Eating In Your Sleep?

You've heard of Sleep Walking, but it's possible to EAT in your sleep too!
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Sleeping is one of the most important activities that we do each day. Beyond keeping us mentally and physically healthy, scientists believe that it also plays a role in brain function. But sleep isn’t the passive activity we may all think it is. Our brains can actually be pretty active during this time, letting us do some surprising things. Some of these activities are known as parasomnias or sleep disorders. One of the most common is sleepwalking. This most often occurs in childhood, affecting as many as 17% of kids, but can also happen in adulthood. One study found that the lifetime prevalence of sleepwalking is 30%.

It can be triggered by a lack of sleep, stress, or certain types of medications. Episodes occur during the deep slow-wave sleep stage when we are deeply asleep and hard to wake. During an episode, parts of the brain are in this stage, which is why sleepwalkers typically don’t remember what happened in the morning. But at the same time, other parts of the brain are awake, allowing them to perform complex tasks.

And despite the name, the term sleepwalking actually includes a lot of different activities. From just sitting up and looking around, to getting dressed, and even driving. Some people will even eat while they’re asleep. This is a sub-type of sleepwalking called sleep-related eating disorders.,, It mostly affects young adults who are either taking certain medication or have other sleep disorders. And it can be dangerous. Over 65% of people who suffer from it eat inedible and possibly dangerous items, like frozen pizza, coffee grounds, or cleaning supplies.,

In other sleep disorders, people can speak, act out their dreams, and even text–though there hasn’t been much research on that one yet. But parasomnias aren’t the only way people can interact with the waking world while they’re asleep. A few small studies have found that people can respond to questions while they’re sleeping, though not by talking., Depending on the study, some responses were measured through brain activity, while others had their participants make certain facial movements.

In one series of tests, 36 participants were asked a question while they were having a lucid dream–which means that they knew that they were dreaming while still asleep in the dream. Depending on the test, participants were asked things like simple math questions or yes or no questions and responded by moving their eyes or face.

Altogether, the tests found that, out of 158 total trials, 29 or 18.4% resulted in a correct response, while 60.8% got no response at all. While, so far, the research on this is limited, it does make you wonder what else you can do while unconscious.

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