340. Ben Alderson-Day — Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Extension of Normal to Abnormal
Many people experience hypnagogic experiences like hearing a sudden shout or a voice in their sleep. It's actually about certain cell bits of cells in the brain stem firing very, very basic parts of the brain. And if they're not aware that essentially this is a kind of fairly harmless neurological thing, it can be scary to them. The reason why you can hear viral arms and things in your sleep is that your auditory networks are still kind of on.
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