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hypnagogic

adjective as in dreamlike

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adjective as in sleep-inducing

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The music is full of the pillowy synths and muted drums that served the hypnagogic vibes of her last album, Midnights, so well.

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My main experience of it really was in the hypnagogic hallucinations.

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When the hypnagogic lullabies of Julee Cruise started leaking out of David Lynch’s metaphysical soap opera “Twin Peaks” in 1990, the border between make-believe and the real world felt more porous than usual.

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Media Lab, who has devised technology to interact with hypnagogic states but did not collaborate with Oudiette’s team.

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People who experience sleep paralysis also will often report hypnagogic hallucinations, or waking up and seeing something from their dream in their bedroom, Barrett said.

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