Hypnagogia is thought to be the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep.At that state of consciousness, thought processes tend to differ radically from those of ordinary wakefulness and hallucinations can be experienced.

A feature that hypnagogia shares with other stages of sleep is amnesia. But this is a selective forgetfulness, affecting the hippocambal memory system, which is responsible for episodic memory,rather than the neocortical memory system, responsible for semantic memory.

This memory system is our knowledge base about the world, independent of personal experiences.Furthermore,it allows us to understand language, recognize objects, and make sense of our surroundings. 

PS. This mix is a surrealist attempt to approach the incoherent simplicity.

Painting-Labyrinth by Leonora Carrington

hypnagogic semantic memory

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