Why do people sleepwalk and sleep talk?

Question: Why do people sleepwalk and sleep talk?
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Asked by to Rowena, Roy on 21 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 21 Mar 2014:
  
  This os believed to be the brain activity during sleeep not detaching frpm the main brain… It often happens with small children begore they “learn” how to process thpuhts inntheir sleep. I used to arrange thingsbin lines and a friend of mine used to clean the toilet!

Question: Why do people sleepwalk and sleep talk?