Episode 779
Why do we get a falling sensation as we drift off to sleep?
Plus, the science behind a horse's whinny, and what would happen if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning?
February 27, 202619m 52s
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Show Notes
This week, Dr Chris Smith and Sara Jayne Makwala King get to the bottom of IBS, why women living together often synchronise menstrual cycles, why we get a sudden falling sensation when dropping off to sleep sometimes, and if Earth suddenly stopped spinning, what would happen first? Also, are the faces that crop up in our dreams real people we've seen before, or has our brain created people that don't actually exist? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
hypnogogic hallucinationsfalling sensationsleephorseshorse whinnyearth rotationmenstrual cyclecycle synchronisationreactive IBSdreams