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HALLUCINATION HYPNAGOGIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

A hypnagogic hallucination is a byproduct of a quirk of the reticular activating system (RAS), the part of the brain which switches sleep paralysis on and off. A hypnagogic hallucination is, in fact, the functional opposite of sleepwalking - whereas in sleepwalking one is in a state of REM without sleep paralysis being switched on (and the REM consciousness is actually tuned into the real world, not into a dream as many erroneously believe), in a hypnagogic hallucination one is in a state of consciousness with sleep paralysis switched on (and the active consciousness is tuned into the dream state).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Hallucination qui se produit dans le demi-sommeil qui précède l'endormissement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Comportamiento humano
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