New Study Reveals What People Really Say While Talking in Their Sleep
A new study published in the journal Sleep reveals that sleep talking is predominantly negative, featuring frequent cursing and simulating tense daily conflicts.
A recent study published in the journal Sleep investigated somniloquy by recording 232 participants over two nights. Researchers analyzed the words, tone, and context, discovering that about two-thirds of the population sleepwalks or talks in their sleep at some point in their lives.
Analysis of thousands of words spoken during sleep revealed that the content is predominantly negative. The most common word was "no," and nearly 10 percent of the expressions included cursing at a frequency 800 times higher than in normal speech. Furthermore, men tended to talk and curse more than women, while the speech simulated a tense conversation with another person.
Researchers noted that the brain functions at a high level during sleep while maintaining grammar and syntax. Somniloquy occurs when the brain area responsible for speech paralysis fails to function efficiently, often due to psychological stress or anxiety, reflecting the processing of daily conflicts.
