I work in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Bristol and my interest in sleep is in its role in cognition, so how a good night’s sleep helps us to learn remember things well. (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F%2Fforum%2Fcopies%2FRTEmagicC_800px-Aerosol_from_Sneeze_01.jpg.jpg&hash=1ce2698cf3ada2371424d4024d132261)Well, this is a bit like asking if the tree falls in the forest but nobody’s there to hear it because it makes a noise so perhaps we do sneeze in our sleep but not enough to wake ourselves up regularly or to wake ourselves fully. And what really concerns me as a scientist is that no one’s really done the experiment. So, the first thing that springs to mind of course was that it’s really question whereas the evidence that we don’t sneeze in our sleep. I’ve spoken to friends with hay fever and they reckon, they do sneeze in their sleep on occasions. It’s firmly the case that during sleep, we’re less responsive to sensory input so we’re less excitable as evidenced by flying around not doing much as opposed. So if there is stuff around likely to make us sneeze, it’s probably less likely to make us sneeze while we’re asleep. But really, whoever asked this question should do the experiment to find the stimulus, some black pepper let’s say, that makes you sneeze when you’re awake and then ask someone to woof it under your nose while you’re asleep and see if it makes you sneeze or not. Maybe it’s just the change in facial, maybe it just takes more pepper to make you sneeze when you sleep.
I would think it is because our eye lids are not shut tight which can cause our eyes to fly out...My son has now desided to tape his brothers eyes open and then tickle his nose with a feather. He is hoping to see eyeballs out on springs.
I would think it is because our eye lids are not shut tight which can cause our eyes to fly out...