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Dreaming while being partially awake is formally classified as a distinct sleep phenomenon
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States of consciousness occurring between wakefulness and sleep—such as lucid dreaming, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis—are formally recognized and classified in scientific literature as distinct experiential and physiological phenomena.

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The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming.
2019 · cited by 101
Lucid dreaming is formally defined and studied as becoming aware that one is dreaming during ongoing sleep.
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The retrieved papers consistently discuss intermediate states between waking and sleeping (such as lucid dreaming, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis) as recognized, distinct physiological and phenomenological phenomena studied in cognitive neuroscience and sleep medicine. Therefore, the claim is well-supported by the literature.

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Are sleep paralysis and false awakenings different from REM sleep and from lucid REM sleep? A spectral EEG analysis
2020 · cited by 32
Sleep paralysis, false awakenings, and lucid dreaming are recognized as intermediate states blending REM sleep and wakefulness.
<i>‘The devil lay upon her and held her down’</i> Hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis described by the Dutch physician Isbrand van Diemerbroeck (1609–1674) in 1664
2008 · cited by 21
Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are formally characterized as distinct sensory events occurring at the transition between wakefulness and sleep.
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Sleeping Paralysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
2024 · cited by 6
Sleep paralysis is classified as a mixed state of consciousness combining features of REM sleep with wakefulness.
To be or not to be hallucinating: Implications of hypnagogic/hypnopompic experiences and lucid dreaming for brain disorders.
2024 · cited by 5
Transitions between waking and sleeping, including hypnagogic experiences and lucid dreaming, are systematically categorized as distinct phenomenological states.
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