You might think that sleepwalking would be due to improper functioning of this center, but recent experiments have shown that this phenomenon occurs not during dream periods but in the half awake.

• 你也许会认为，梦游可能是这一中枢功能失调所致，但近来实验显示，这一现象不是在做梦的的过程中发生而是在半醒时发生。