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Dreaming while being partially awake is formally classified as a distinct sleep phenomenon

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Is it true that dreaming while being partially awake is formally classified as a distinct sleep phenomenon?

Yes. 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.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 5 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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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.

Evidence for · 5
The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming.
2019
Lucid dreaming is formally defined and studied as becoming aware that one is dreaming during ongoing sleep.
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B, B., SA, M., & M, D. (2019). The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.03.008

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Are sleep paralysis and false awakenings different from REM sleep and from lucid REM sleep? A spectral EEG analysis
2020
Sleep paralysis, false awakenings, and lucid dreaming are recognized as intermediate states blending REM sleep and wakefulness.
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Mainieri, G., Maranci, J., Champetier, P., Leu-Semenescu, S., Gales, A., Dodet, P., & Arnulf, I. (2020). Are sleep paralysis and false awakenings different from REM sleep and from lucid REM sleep? A spectral EEG analysis. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.9056

<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
Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are formally characterized as distinct sensory events occurring at the transition between wakefulness and sleep.
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KOMPANJE, E. J. O. (2008). <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. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00672.x

Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Sleeping Paralysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
2024
Sleep paralysis is classified as a mixed state of consciousness combining features of REM sleep with wakefulness.
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MT, H., BE, A., SA, A., K, M., Y, K., B, E., A, M., ZJ, A., NP, S., M, W., & ME, E. (2024). Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Sleeping Paralysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.53212

To be or not to be hallucinating: Implications of hypnagogic/hypnopompic experiences and lucid dreaming for brain disorders.
2024
Transitions between waking and sleeping, including hypnagogic experiences and lucid dreaming, are systematically categorized as distinct phenomenological states.
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G, F. (2024). To be or not to be hallucinating: Implications of hypnagogic/hypnopompic experiences and lucid dreaming for brain disorders.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad442

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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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