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A generic term for a group of dream-like phenomena occurring during a state of relative wakefulness. This group of phenomena includes *hypnagogic and *hypnopompic hallucinations, *daydreams, and instances of *lucid dreaming. Waking dreams are distinguished from hallucinations proper because they occur to the half-waking mind and because of their tendency to replace the entire sensory environment. They are distinguished from *sleep dreams because of the mind’s active awareness of their contents.
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Blom, J.D. (2010). W. In: A Dictionary of Hallucinations. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1223-7_23
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