• Question: why do some people sleep with their eyes open?

    Asked by =Sientist_Fatima= to Deborah, Euan, Maheen, Rob on 22 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Deborah Prunty

      Deborah Prunty answered on 22 Jun 2016:


      There are a couple of reasons why some people sleep with their eyes open. These could be tied to the same thing that causes sleepwalking, or another medical condition. Or it could just be as simple as their eyelids don’t like closing due to a quirk in their genetics.

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