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From: "Carla Grayson" <[email protected]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:46 PM
Subject: [tips] sleepwalking
Hello all,
I'm looking for some information about sleepwalking. A question from
one of my students: If sleeping is defined as being nonreactive to the
environment, how are sleepwalkers able to engage in complex tasks
(e.g., driving)?
Thanks for your help!
-Carla Grayson
There are apparently various stages of changes in consciousness during the
sleep cycle.Some people have been known to get out of bed and answer their
cell phones and they do not remember it was dne.I am not sure if sleeping
can be defined as
non reactive to the environment.A nap is a form of sleep but nappers can
react to the environment.Please note that your senses and perceptual
abilities are still in motion during sleep.
Hope this helps. I am sure that the DMV would be interested in sleep-induced
driving.
Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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