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===Autosymbolism===
===Autosymbolism===
[[Herbert Silberer]] described a process he called autosymbolism, whereby hypnagogic [[hallucination]]s seem to represent, without repression or [[censorship]], whatever one is thinking at the time, turning abstract ideas into a concrete image, which may be perceived as an apt and succinct representation thereof.[43]
[[Herbert Silberer]] described a process he called autosymbolism, whereby hypnagogic [[hallucination]]s seem to represent, without repression or [[censorship]], whatever one is thinking at the time, turning abstract ideas into a concrete image, which may be perceived as an apt and succinct representation thereof.[43]
===]Insight===
===Insight===
This [[process]] can even lead to genuine [[insight]] into a problem, a well known example being the story of [[August Kekulé]]’s [[discovery]] of the [[structure]] of benzene. Similarly, the teenaged Karl Gauss obtained an insight during a hypnagogic reverie into how to construct a 17-sided polygon. Many other artists, writers, scientists and inventors – including Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Walter Scott, Thomas Edison and Isaac Newton – have credited hypnagogia and related states with enhancing their [[creativity]].[44] According to himself, Keith Richards wrote the Rolling Stones' biggest hit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" while sleeping. He has stated that he went to bed with a tape recorder on the bedside table, and when he woke up the tape was full with mumbling and half-singing, mixed with some snoring.
This [[process]] can even lead to genuine [[insight]] into a problem, a well known example being the story of [[August Kekulé]]’s [[discovery]] of the [[structure]] of benzene. Similarly, the teenaged Karl Gauss obtained an insight during a hypnagogic reverie into how to construct a 17-sided polygon. Many other artists, writers, scientists and inventors – including Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Walter Scott, Thomas Edison and Isaac Newton – have credited hypnagogia and related states with enhancing their [[creativity]].[44] According to himself, Keith Richards wrote the Rolling Stones' biggest hit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" while sleeping. He has stated that he went to bed with a tape recorder on the bedside table, and when he woke up the tape was full with mumbling and half-singing, mixed with some snoring.