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

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1 outlet covering · First listed: New Scientist, Nov 10, 2026, 10:00 AM · Read it: <https://www.newscientist.com/article/2596521-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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- Nov 10, 2026, 10:00 AM: [What terrifying sleep paralysis demons reveal about the mind-body connection](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2596521-what-terrifying-sleep-paralysis-demons-reveal-about-the-mind-body-connection/>) — New Scientist (Magazine, United Kingdom)
  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