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Lack of Sleep Leads to Sleepwalking
A study done by researchers at the University of Montreal suggests that sleep deprivation triggers sleepwalking.
The researchers studied 40 patients suspected of sleepwalking. After being deprived of sleep for 25 hours, sleepwalking increased. There is, at present, no proven method of diagnosing the cause of sleepwalking. However, when used as a tool, sleep deprivation is a step toward finding a reliable diagnostic method.
The study does show that people prone to sleepwalking should mainta...
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