A '''hypnopompic state''' (or '''hypnopomp''') is the [[state of consciousness]] leading out of [[sleep]], a term coined by the [[spiritualist]] [[Frederick Myers]]. Its twin is the [[hypnagogic]] state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical. The hypnagogic state is [[rational]] [[waking]] [[cognition]] trying to make sense of non-linear images and associations; the hypnopompic state is [[emotion]]al and credulous [[dreaming]] cognition trying to make sense of real world [[wikt:stolidity|stolidity]]. They have a different [[phenomenology (philosophy)|phenomenological]] character. Depressed [[frontal lobe]] function in the first few minutes after waking – known as "[[sleep inertia]]" – causes slowed [[reaction time]] and impaired [[short-term memory]]. Sleepers often wake confused, or speak without making sense, a phenomenon the [[psychologist]] [[Peter McKeller]] calls "hypnopompic speech."
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A '''hypnopompic state''' (or '''hypnopomp''' or '''hypnopompia''') is the [[state of consciousness]] leading out of [[sleep]], a term coined by the [[spiritualist]] [[Frederick Myers]]. Its twin is the [[hypnagogic]] state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical.
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The hypnagogic state is [[rational]] [[waking]] [[cognition]] trying to make sense of non-linear images and associations; the hypnopompic state is [[emotion]]al and credulous [[dreaming]] cognition trying to make sense of real world [[wikt:stolidity|stolidity]]. They have a different [[phenomenology (philosophy)|phenomenological]] character. Sleepers often wake confused, or speak without making sense, a phenomenon the [[psychologist]] [[Peter McKeller]] calls "hypnopompic speech."
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==Hypnogogic images==
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'''Hypnogogic images''' are short lived [[hallucination]] like images that can occur as some people wake up.
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==Neurobiology==
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Depressed [[frontal lobe]] function in the first few minutes after waking – known as "[[sleep inertia]]" – causes slowed [[reaction time]] and impaired [[short-term memory]].
A hypnopompic state (or hypnopomp or hypnopompia) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep, a term coined by the spiritualistFrederick Myers. Its twin is the hypnagogic state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical.
The hypnagogic state is rationalwakingcognition trying to make sense of non-linear images and associations; the hypnopompic state is emotional and credulous dreaming cognition trying to make sense of real world stolidity. They have a different phenomenological character. Sleepers often wake confused, or speak without making sense, a phenomenon the psychologistPeter McKeller calls "hypnopompic speech."
T. Balkin, A. Braun, et al., “The process of awakening: A PET study of regional brain activity patterns mediating the reestablishment of alertness and consciousness,”Brain, vol. 125, 2002, pp. 2308–19.
P. Tassi and A. Muzet, “Sleep inertia,” Sleep Medicine Review, vol. 4, no. 4, 2000, pp. 341–53.
McKellar, P (1989). Abnormal Psychology, Routledge.
Warren, Jeff (2007). "The Hypnopompic" The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness.
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