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Exploring “lucid sleep” and altered states of consciousness using ... philosophymindscience.org Jan 7, 2025 13 facts
referenceT. Takeuchi, A. Miyasita, Y. Sasaki, M. Inugami, and K. Fukuda published 'Isolated sleep paralysis elicited by sleep interruption' in Sleep in 1992.
claimEmpirical data on states like out-of-body experiences and sleep paralysis remain limited due to the lack of specific induction techniques designed for their study.
referenceDenis, French, and Gregory (2018) conducted a systematic review of variables associated with sleep paralysis, published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.
claimRecent research interest in lucid sleep has expanded to include out-of-body experiences, sleep paralysis, and 'witnessing-sleep' episodes described in Indian philosophical traditions.
referenceJ. A. Cheyne, S. D. Rueffer, and I. R. Newby-Clark published a 1999 study in Consciousness and Cognition examining the neurological and cultural factors involved in hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations during sleep paralysis.
referenceB. Jalal and D. E. Hinton published a study titled 'Rates and characteristics of sleep paralysis in the general population of denmark and egypt' in the journal 'Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry' in 2013.
referenceJ. A. Cheyne published 'Sleep paralysis and the structure of waking-nightmare hallucinations' in the journal Dreaming in 2003, analyzing the structure of hallucinations associated with sleep paralysis.
referenceT. Campillo-Ferrer and colleagues published a 2024 theoretical review in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews that proposes a conceptual model relating out-of-body experiences to lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis.
referenceThe study 'Are sleep paralysis and false awakenings different from REM sleep and from lucid REM sleep? A spectral EEG analysis' by Mainieri, G., Maranci, J. B., Champetier, P., Leu-Semenescu, S., Gales, A., Dodet, P., & Arnulf, I. was published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine in 2021 (Volume 17, issue 4, pages 719–727).
referenceT. Takeuchi, K. Fukuda, Y. Sasaki, M. Inugami, and T. I. Murphy published 'Factors related to the occurrence of isolated sleep paralysis elicited during a multi-phasic sleep-wake schedule' in Sleep in 2002.
referenceM. Kliková, B. A. Sharpless, and J. Bušková published the article 'Could sleep paralysis be pleasant?' in the 'Journal of Sleep Research' in 2021.
referenceDenis and Poerio (2017) investigated the commonalities and distinctions between sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming, as well as their associations with waking life experiences, in the Journal of Sleep Research.
referenceRaduga, Kuyava, and Sevcenko (2020) investigated the relationships between REM sleep dissociated phenomena, including lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, out-of-body experiences, and false awakening.
Extent and Health Consequences of Chronic Sleep Loss and ... - NCBI ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 7 facts
claimNarcolepsy is associated with symptoms including excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations, insomnia, autonomic behavior, and REM behavior disorder.
claimSleep paralysis in narcolepsy is defined as muscle paralysis akin to REM sleep atonia that occurs while awake, when falling asleep, or when waking up.
claimTricyclic antidepressants or serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are typically used to treat cataplexy and abnormal REM sleep symptoms, such as sleep paralysis and hallucinations, with adrenergic reuptake inhibition believed to be the primary mode of action.
claimCataplexy and abnormal REM sleep symptoms, such as sleep paralysis and hallucinations, are typically treated with tricyclic antidepressants or serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, with adrenergic reuptake inhibition believed to be the primary mode of action.
claimTricyclic antidepressants or serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are typically used to treat cataplexy and abnormal REM sleep symptoms, such as sleep paralysis and hallucinations, with adrenergic reuptake inhibition believed to be the primary mode of action.
claimSleep paralysis is defined as muscle paralysis akin to REM sleep atonia that occurs while awake, when falling asleep, or when waking up.
claimTricyclic antidepressants or serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are typically used to treat cataplexy and abnormal REM sleep symptoms, such as sleep paralysis and hallucinations, with adrenergic reuptake inhibition believed to be the primary mode of action.
Sleep Deprivation: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & Stages my.clevelandclinic.org Aug 11, 2022 2 facts
claimParasomnias, which are disruptive sleep disorders including night terrors, sleep paralysis, and sleepwalking, can cause sleep deprivation.
claimParasomnias (such as night terrors, sleep paralysis, and sleepwalking), certain medications (such as corticosteroids and stimulants), and short-term illnesses (such as the common cold and the flu) are known causes of sleep deprivation.