Not true about somnambulism among the following is
Correct Answer: Low level motor skill/function is present
Description: * Somnambulism is an arousal parasomnia consisting of a series of complex behaviours that result in large movements in bed or walking during sleep. * Also called sleep walking, in this condition individual arises from bed and ambulates without fully awakening. * Individuals can engage in a variety of complex behaviours while unconscious. * Sleepwalks characteristically begin toward the end of the first or second slow wave sleep episodes (NREM stage III and IV). * Sleepwalking episodes may range from sitting up and attempting to walk to conducting an involved sequence of semi-purposeful actions Ref:- Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry 10th edition; Pg num:- 762
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