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There are numerous instances on record in which ''the current of thought'' and ''the course of action'' of a ''natural somnambulist'' have been entirely governed by the ''suggestions'' of those around. Historically, among the best known early examples of ''natural somnabulism'' was one narrated by James Gregory about an Officer who served in the expedition to Louisburgh in 1758, and at whose expense his comrades were accustomed to amuse themselves.<ref name="Carpenter1852"/>     

There are numerous instances on record in which ''the current of thought'' and ''the course of action'' of a ''natural somnambulist'' have been entirely governed by the ''suggestions'' of those around. Historically, among the best known early examples of ''natural somnabulism'' was one narrated by James Gregory about an Officer who served in the expedition to Louisburgh in 1758, and at whose expense his comrades were accustomed to amuse themselves.<ref name="Carpenter1852"/>     

===Mathematician Kurt Gödel===

===Mathematician Kurt Gödel===

When he was just eight years old, mathematician [[Kurt Gödel]] read a medical textbook. After that, he become convinced that he had a week heart and this dominant idea of his own has permanently taken full possession of his mind even though his doctors could find no evidence of the condition.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fermat's Last Theorem |author=Simon Singh |publisher=Fourth Estate |place=London |year=1997 |pages= 157|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=Ncrnn9hCn_kC |quote=At the age of eight, having read medical textbook, he become convinced that he had a week heart, even though his doctors could find no evidence of the condition.}}</ref>

When he was just eight years old, mathematician [[Kurt Gödel]] read a medical textbook. After that, he became convinced that he had a weak heart and this dominant idea of his own has permanently taken full possession of his mind even though his doctors could find no evidence of the condition.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fermat's Last Theorem |author=Simon Singh |publisher=Fourth Estate |place=London |year=1997 |pages=157 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=Ncrnn9hCn_kC |quote=At the age of eight, having read medical textbook, he become convinced that he had a weak heart, even though his doctors could find no evidence of the condition.}}</ref>

 

===Natural somnambulism in Film: Some of us ... it’s lots of us ===

===Natural somnambulism in Film: Some of us ... it’s lots of us ===

A 2006 American computer-animated film ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'' depicts the phenomenon of somnambulism at one of the main characters, Ellie. She is the only female mammoth left in the world, who, however, has a problem - she somehow thinks she is a possum (''"Don’t be ridiculous, I’m not a mamooth, I’m a possum"'') and refuses external suggestions (''"maybe because you’re mamooth?"'') pointing out that evidence in form of her physical appearance suggests otherwise.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ice Age: The Meltdown |chapter=Manny meets Ellie |year=2006 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3i-auGmXyk  |quote=Manny:I knew it, I knew I wasn’t the only one.  

A 2006 American computer-animated film ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'' depicts the phenomenon of somnambulism at one of the main characters, Ellie. She is the only female mammoth left in the world, who, however, has a problem - she somehow thinks she is a possum (''"Don’t be ridiculous, I’m not a mamooth, I’m a possum"'') and refuses external suggestions (''"maybe because you’re mamooth?"'') pointing out that evidence in form of her physical appearance suggests otherwise.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ice Age: The Meltdown |chapter=Manny meets Ellie |year=2006 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3i-auGmXyk  |quote=Manny:I knew it, I knew I wasn’t the only one.