Toward Sleep
Peter Schwenger
University of Minnesota Press eBooks December 1, 2012 DOI: 10.5749/minnesota/9780816679751.003.0001 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that hypnagogic imagery—vivid, rapidly changing images seen with eyes closed during drowsiness while still awake—may be related to the ways readers visualize while reading fiction. |
Abstract
Drowsiness is often marked by hypnagogia: with eyes closed, you see rapidly changing vivid images, while you are still definitely awake. These images may be related to the ways that readers visualize while reading fiction.