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What terrifying sleep paralysis demons reveal about the mind-body connection

New ScientistBy Grace Wade

11/10/2026, 4:00:00 PM

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After waking with the feeling of a shadowy presence pressing on his chest, neuroscientist Baland Jalal went on to study sleep paralysis. He explains what this frightening condition might reveal about consciousness

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What terrifying sleep paralysis demons reveal about the mind-body connection.
After waking with the feeling of a shadowy presence pressing on his chest, neuroscientist Baland Jalal went on to study sleep paralysis.
He explains what this frightening condition might reveal about consciousness

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