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Hypnagogia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hypnagogia (Greek ὕπνος, húpnos "sleep" + the root found in ἄγω, ágō "to lead away, conduct, convey", ἀγωγεύς, agōgeús "conveyor", ἀγωγή, agōgḗ "abduction, transport, leading away" etc.), oft...
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Hallucination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A hallucination , in the broadest sense, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of...
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BACKGROUND: Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are common in narcolepsy. However, the prevalence of these phenomena in the general population is uncertain. METHOD: A representative community sample of 4972 people in the UK, aged 15-100, was interviewed by telephone (79.6% of those contacted).
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In the many discussions of the dream which have taken place comparatively little attention has been given to hypnagogic phenomena, although they would seem ...
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Another well-documented spontaneous case involving hypnagogic phenomena was the haunting of the Mill House at Willington in northeast England (MacKenzie, 1982). The haunting lasted for about 13 years.
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Information and facts on Narcolepsy ... Like sleep paralysis, sleep-related hallucinations medically termed hypnagogic phenomena usually occur just prior to sleep, or sometimes upon awakening. The affected individual may hear sounds that aren't there and/or see illusions.
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"Auditory hypnagogic phenomena include the hearing of crashing noises, one's name being called, a doorbell ringing, neologisms [new words or expressions], irrelevant sentences containing unrecognizable names, references to spoken conversations, remarks directed to oneself." (Mavromatis, 1987) ;
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