Medicine and Health

Behavioral and brain responses to verbal stimuli reveal transient periods of cognitive integration of the external world during sleep

B. Türker, E. M. Musat, et al.

Discover groundbreaking insights into sleep as not just a dormant state! This study by Başak Türker and colleagues reveals how individuals, including narcoleptics and healthy participants, exhibit behavioral responsiveness during sleep, suggesting possible real-time communication even in slumber.

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Abstract

This study challenges the notion of sleep as a state of disconnection from the environment by investigating behavioral responsiveness in napping participants (narcoleptics and healthy volunteers) during a lexical decision task. Accurate behavioral responses, measured via facial muscle contractions, were observed across most sleep stages (excluding slow-wave sleep in healthy volunteers). Responses were more frequent during high cognitive states (indexed by prestimulus EEG). This suggests transient windows of reactivity to external stimuli during sleep, even in healthy individuals, potentially enabling real-time communication with sleepers.

Publisher

Nature Neuroscience

Published On

Nov 01, 2023

Authors

Başak Türker, Esteban Munoz Musat, Emma Chabani, Alexandrine Fonteix-Galet, Jean-Baptiste Maranci, Nicolas Wattiez, Pierre Pouget, Jacobo Sitt, Lionel Naccache, Isabelle Arnulf, Delphine Oudiette

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