According to science, sleepwalkers are basically superheroes.
Not just because they’ve mastered the height of multitasking – eating while sleeping? Genius – but because it turns out they have a secret superpower: they’re can’t feel pain.
But like most superheroes, sleepwalkers’ powers come with a catch. They are only impervious to pain as long as they’re asleep.
A new study published in the Sleep journal surveyed 100 sleepwalkers, 47 of whom had experienced some kind of violent accident while sleepwalking.
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