The medical term for abnormalities that occur during sleep is “parasomnia.” The Alaska Sleep Clinic says behaviors such as sleep walking, sleep talking, sleep eating, nightmares, night terrors and ...

It's 2 a.m. The house is quiet, cloaked in the stillness of the night. Then, a shuffle. A door creaks. A child walks down the hallway, eyes wide open but fast asleep. Elsewhere, someone mumbles ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Talking in your sleep (know as 'somniloquy' in the medical world), is a ...

Sleep is often considered a peaceful respite from the chaos of daily life, a time when the mind and body can rest and rejuvenate. However, not everyone experiences uninterrupted silence during their ...

Sleep talking can be a slightly strange experience — whether you’re the one doing the midnight chattering or you’re sharing a bed with someone who is talking mid-snooze. But what is sleep talking and ...

You wake up to your partner telling you that you had an entire conversation with someone named Bob last night, or your roommate mentions you were giving what sounded like a presentation in your sleep.

Some sleepers hope to put these bizarre behaviors to bed. It’s widely known that people walk and talk in their sleep — some even have sex — these are just a few examples of parasomnias, which are ...

Sleep talking (also know in the sleep field as "somnliloquy") is a sleep disorder that involves unconscious talking during sleep. Sleep talking varies in its content and presentation, ranging from ...

Hearing that you’ve been mumbling out loud while you dream might lead you to try to figure out how to stop sleep talking. We consulted with medical experts and sleep specialists and turned to the ...

A musician and guitar luthier who's no stranger to loud noises, Dave Lovos admits to being a bit undone by the boom he heard in his head one night earlier this year. It hit just as Lovos was drifting ...

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A reader asked, after reading my last post on 11 reasons a good night's sleep is so important: What is happening in the brain when kids talk while sound asleep? (I am usually asleep when this happens, ...