Sense of Wonder/missfiling.txt

Random thoughts and ideas which haven't been checked for sanity, let alone practicality

2004-05-21

Sleepy misfilings

Almost every night I get some science fiction or fantasy read out loud to me. During the last year or so, I have learned interesting things about how my brain handles (or doesn't!) the information fed too close to falling asleep. I usually don't have any recollection of what happened in the book during that last sleepy minute, but if it is read again, it all feels like I already know it. It doesn't feel new at all. However, if the events are described to me instead of re-read, they might or might not ring a bell.

I guess my brain misfiles most of the things on those oversleepy moments in some weird way. It would be nice to know exactly how and why.

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