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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message along with any included attachments may contain information that is confidential and privileged. Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive for the addressee,) you may not use, copy, or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete the message and any attachments. Thank you for your cooperation. >>> <[email protected]> 2/9/2011 7:51 AM >>> Sleep-walking in the news: there's a gene for it. Licis, A. et al (2011, Jan 4). Novel genetic findings in an extended family pedigree with sleepwalking. Neurology, vol. 76, 49-52, The condition is described as "highly heritable". http://tinyurl.com/4np8wgs Readable news item on it at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12265572 which notes that sleepwalkers may do such things as "locating the car keys, unlocking the doors and then driving", although they fail to mention murdering mothers-in-law. the BBC does make a common mistake, though, in saying (summary to the right), "Happens during deep non-dreaming sleep". They presumably mean during non-REM sleep, which is wrong on two accounts. First it's now known that substantial dreaming occurs outside of REM, so equating REM with dreaming sleep is just plain wrong. Second, I believe that sleep-walking has been reported to occur during as well as outside of REM sleep, although EEG records of this are understandably limited. Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13488.a5a0902ee31d6265b026c53ea428d284&n=T&l=tips&o=8637 or send a blank email to leave-8637-13488.a5a0902ee31d6265b026c53ea428d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8642 or send a blank email to leave-8642-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
