I talk with Thomas Andrillon about the characteristics of the semi-lucid period when we’re not quite asleep yet but also not fully awake anymore. He is a researcher at the Paris Brain Institute.

In the second half, I have Fabio Ferrarelli on to talk about what makes us lose consciousness when we fall asleep. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.

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