The sleepwalker, as a metaphor, is all about indistinct edges, mismatched images, unexpected changes, and the freaky realization that your body can still act, even while your mind is somewhere else ...

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 ...

While many of us climb into bed looking forward to a good night's sleep, Sarah Taylor dreads it. For the 32-year-old has no idea what might happen in the night: she could prepare a meal and eat it; ...

Somnambulism seems an improbable subject to build a novel around. But Chris Bohjalian’s latest, “The Sleepwalker,” joins a lengthy list of his fiction centered on seemingly unlikely topics. Among them ...

Three myths about sleepwalking – sleepwalkers have no memory of their actions, sleepwalkers' behaviour is without motivation, and sleepwalking has no daytime impact – are dispelled in a recent study ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleepwalkers are rarely violent and do not seek out victims while they are in a sleep arousal state. If a sleepwalker does become violent, the victim is usually someone who ...

Seeing someone sleepwalking can be confusing. Should you wake them up? Here's what's really happening when someone sleepwalks ...

Miranda Kelly, a 14-year-old from Sykesville, Md., says she's been sleepwalking since she was 6 or 7. The first time, she says, "I woke up on the couch on a school day. And I'd gone to bed in my bed." ...