When dreams kill

While people of all cultures experience sleep paralysis in similar ways, Dr. Shelley Adler examined the fatal sleep paralysis that caused the death of more than 100 Hmong men in the 1980s. She joins us to discuss her research.

Guests

• Shelley Adler: Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of Education at the Osher Center. Her most recent book is "Sleep Paralysis: Night-mares, Nocebos, and the Mind-Body Connection."

Resources

• About Shelley Adler
• About Sleep Paralysis: Night-mares, Nocebos, and the Mind-Body Connection