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Consciousness is often said to disappear in deep, dreamless sleep. We argue that this assumption is oversimplified. Unless dreamless sleep is defined as unconscious from the outset there are good empirical and theoretical reasons for saying that a range of different types of sleep experience, some of which are distinct from dreaming, can occur in all stages of sleep.

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Does Consciousness Disappear in Dreamless Sleep?

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[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

To die

To sleep

To sleep, perchance to dream...

[-] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Aye, there's the rub.

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