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Sleep-talking is very common and is reported in 50% of young children at least once a year. A large percentage of people progressively sleep-talk less often after the age of 25. A sizable proportion of people without any episode during their childhood begin to sleep-talk in adult life. Sleep-talking
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1517:Categories
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1438:Microsleep
1418:Chronotype
1332:Daily life
1216:Somnolence
1192:Hypnagogia
1123:Parasomnia
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362:References
220:Prevalence
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1276:Somnology
1241:Treatment
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1013:Dyssomnia
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150:heredity
1396:Bedtime
1391:Bedroom
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1381:Bed bug
1364:Hammock
1269:Lullaby
1103:Jet lag
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