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 ...

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 ...

Understand sleepwalking disease—why it happens, what occurs during episodes, warning signs, and proven ways to prevent ...

Sleepwalking is strange: a person is asleep, but they are also moving around on their feet. If you know someone that sleepwalks, you undoubtedly have a ton of questions, such as: Should I wake them up ...

Maybe you've seen someone do it. Maybe you've done it yourself. Maybe you've only seen videos of people doing it and you don't really understand what's going on. "It" is sleepwalking and, boy, is it a ...

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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 ...

A new documentary that focuses on a man who claims he brutally and repeatedly stabbed his childhood friend while he was asleep asks a larger question: can someone really commit a crime like homicide ...