Unhealthy Curiosity

← Unhealthy Curiosity20 sep · 15 min

Are You Actually Asleep Right Now?

Are You Actually Asleep Right Now?20 sep15 min

<p>How do you know whether you’re actually asleep? People with paradoxical insomnia can spend the night convinced they’re wide awake, while their brainwaves insist otherwise. </p><p>This episode explores what happens when your experience of sleep disagrees with the electrical evidence, why the sleeping brain may be more awake than we once thought, and whether you might actually be getting more sleep than you realise.</p>