This is the most frequent word said in sleep

Most of the words said during sleep are negative, even rather vulgar, as shown by a study published in the Sleep magazine.

The webpage Sleep Talk Recorder allows people to upload recordings of what they or someone close to them says in sleep.

Nearly 10% of the recordings contain swearing. However, one word jumps out and is not a curse word – “no”.

Scientists assume that talking in one’s sleep takes place in the REM phase, when the incidence of intensive, emotional dreams is higher. Such dreams may contain threatening situations forcing people to say “no”.

It’s interesting to note that the research shows that most of what is said in sleep is grammatically correct, even when it’s peppered with curse words.

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