PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sleepwalking (somnambulism) most often occurs during deep, non-REM sleep (called N3 sleep) early in the night. Sleepwalking is much more common in children and young adults than in older adults. This is because as people age, they have less N3 sleep. Sleepwalking tends to run in families.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sleepwalking typically occurs in the first or second sleep cycles; specifically during stages three and four when brain waves are slower. Scientists believe that sleepwalking occurs when the brain’s limbic region remains awake.

Detailed explanation-3: -Non rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias are abnormal behaviors arising primarily but not exclusively during non-REM stage three (N3) sleep. Phenotypes include sleepwalking, sleep terrors, confusional arousals, sexsomnia, and sleep-related eating disorder (SRED).

Detailed explanation-4: -Somnambulism, colloquially known as sleepwalking, appears as episodes of motor activity ranging from walking to driving and even violence among a variety of other inappropriate (for sleep, that is) actions. It occurs during the deepest stages of NREM sleep, stages 3 and 4.