Awareness during Sleep Paralysis
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+ - Links
+ - Experiencer Sites
Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreams and OBEs has a lively message board.
Sleep Paralysis, a.k.a. Old Hag Personal Site maintained by a 15 year experiencer.
Bisleep Forum A huge message board with many accounts of sleep paralysis.
Night Terrors Resource Center A great site for anyone interested in the differences between Awareness during Sleep Paralysis and Night Terrors. Maintained by a long time NT experiencer, this site includes the well attended Night Terrors Message Board
+ - Researcher Sites
Recurrent Sleep Paralysis. Two researchers, one of whom is a frequent experiencer, focus on the phenomenology and neurophysiology of RISP.
Sleep Paralysis and Lucid Dreams Research in relation to geomagnetic influences.
Nocturnal Assault Research Center sleep paralysis/old hag page.
Sleep Paralysis from the University of Montreal The Dream & Nightmare Laboratory associated with Montreal's Sacre-Cour Hospital.
+ - Out of Body Experiences
Ballabene's OBE Pages A website by an experiencer who knows what he is talking about has an extensive links page.
OBE Home Page maintained by a youth from Brazil named Igor. The site is in English and has marvelous graphics.
+ - Alien Abduction Experiences
Alien Psychology. Noted researcher, Al Cheyne, makes a good connection between sleep paralysis and alien abductions.
Anomalous Evidence Eve Francis Lorgen, researcher and counselor to abductees, has pages on resisting abductions, lucid dreaming and other topics.
Abductee Brainwashing Donna Higbee, clinical hypnotherapist, believes that abductees may not be aware of the true nature of the abducting entities.
CE4 Research Project Alien Abduction Investigations by researchers Joe Jordan and Wes Clark who help abductees banish their abductors in the name of Jesus.
Abduction Resistance Andrew Brough brings an Australian perspective to the struggle against the greys.
The Alien Resistance Org offers Abductee counseling and support within a Christian framework but also accepts the involvement of ASP in some cases. You just gotta love their slogan: 'Resistance is Fertile!'
+ - Literary Figures
Charles Dickens Author David F. Melbourne considers whether evidence in Dicken's A Christmas Carol indicate that the author was familiar with ASP.
Guy de Maupassant Dr Cheyne analyzes the influence of Le Horla, de Maupassant's important short novel dramatizing what appears to be a serious case of ASP. Read Le Horla online.
+ - Web Articles on ASP-related Topics
The Witching Hour by Loy Lawhon. The author discusses his own experiences, the theories of Ronald Siegal and the possibility that the Hag attack was a form of ASP.
Alien abductions, seismic activity, and the brain - are they related? by Richard Schuerger. A brief introduction to the theory that Alien Abductions are related to Earth energies produced by tectonic (geological) forces.
Waking Up to Terror by Claudine Chamberlain. ABC report on a recent survey of ASP prevelance. Includes a video describing a way to wake up from unpleasant episodes of Awareness during Sleep Paralysis.
About.com Guide to ASP by Florence Cardinal. An index of interesting articles
Abduction by Aliens or Sleep Paralysis? by Susan Blackmore. Examines the possibility of ASP as an explanation of Alien Abductions.
+ - Bibliographic Resources
+ - ASP: Awareness during Sleep Paralysis
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Sleep Paralysis: Review and Report of A Case. Payn SB. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1965. 140(6):427-433.
Characteristics of REM sleep accompanied by sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations in narcoleptic patients. Koida H, Hishikawa Y, Yoshino K, Wakamatsu H, Sugita Y, Iijima S, Nan'no H. Waking and Sleeping. 1978. 2:113-123.
Coexistence of Panic Disorder and Sleep Paralysis. Allen D, Nutt D. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 1993. 7 (3): 293-294.
Comparative study on sleep paralysis between Japan and Canada. Fukuda K, Ogilvie RD, Simons I, Chilcott L, Kelly S, Cote K, Murphy T, Vendittelli A. Paper presented to the Japanese Psychological Association, Tokyo, October. 1994.
Differences in Neuropsychological Correlates Between Normals and those Experiencing 'Old Hag Attacks'. Kettlewell N, Lipscomb S, Evans E. Percept Mot Skills. 1993. 76(3 Pt 1):839-845.
Early Descriptions of Sleep Paralysis. Pearce JM. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1993. 56(12):1302.
Effects of Body Position on Sleep Paralysis and Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations. In preparation. Cheyne JA. 2000.
Experience of Isolated Sleep Paralysis in Clinical Practice in Nigeria. Ohaeri JU. J Natl Med Assoc. 1992. 84(6):521-523. Abstract.
Further Studies on the Prevalence of Isolated Sleep Paralysis in Black Subjects. Bell CC, Dixie-Bell DD, Thompson B. J Natl Med Assoc. 1986. 78(7):649-659.
High Prevalence of Isolated Sleep Paralysis: Kanashibari Phenomenon in Japan. Fukuda K, Miyasita A, Inugami M, Ishihara K. Sleep. 1987. 10(3):279-286. Abstract.
High prevalence of sleep paralysis among Asian and Caucasian students with reference to the recognition and the sleep position. Fukuda K, Ogilvie RD, Chilcott LA, Vendittelli A-M, Takeuchi T. Sleep Research. 1997. 26:362. Abstract.
Isolated Sleep Paralysis in African Americans with Panic Disorder. Paradis CM, Friedman S, Hatch M. Cult Divers Ment Health. 1997. 3(1):69-76. Abstract.
Isolated Sleep Paralysis: A Web Survey. Buzzi G, Cirignotta F. Sleep Res Online. 2000. 3(2):61-6. Full Text.
Night Shift Paralysis. Folkard S, Condon R, Herbert M. Experientia. 1984. 40(5):510-512. Abstract.
OBEs and Sleep Paralysis. Susan J Blackmore. Presented Paper, Presented Paper, 23rd International Conference of the Society for Psychical Research. 1999. Full Text.
Personality of Healthy Young Adults with Sleep Paralysis. Fukuda K, Inamatsu N, Kuroiwa M, Miyasita A. Percept Mot Skills. 1991. 73(3 Pt 1):955-962. Abstract.
Questionnaire Relating to Sleep Paralysis. Kotorii T, Kotorii T, Uchimura N, Hashizume Y, Shirakawa S, Satomura T, Tanaka J, Nakazawa Y, Maeda H. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2001. 55(3):265-6. Abstract.
Recognition of Sleep Paralysis Among Normal Adults in Canada and in Japan. Fukuda K, Ogilvie RD, Takeuchi T. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2000. 54(3):292-293. Abstract.
Relations Among Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Experiences Associated with Sleep Paralysis. Cheyne JA, Newby-Clark IR, Rueffer SD. J Sleep Res. 1999. 8(4):313-7. Abstract.
Resolution of Sleep Paralysis by Weak Electromagnetic Fields in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis. Sandyk R. Int J Neurosci. 1997. 90(3-4):145-157. Abstract.
Sleep Paralysis. Dahlitz M, Parkes JD. Lancet. 1993. 341(8842):406-7. Abstract.
Sleep Paralysis Among Medical-Students. Penn NE, Kripke DF, Scharff J. Journal of Psychology. 1981. 107(2):247-52. Abstract.
Sleep Paralysis and Associated Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Experiences. Cheyne JA, Newby-Clark IR, Rueffer SD. Journal of Sleep Research. 1999. 8:313-317.
Sleep Paralysis and Hallucinosis. Stores G. Behavioural Neurology. 1998. 11(2):109-12. Abstract.
Sleep Paralysis in Chinese: Ghost Oppression Phenomenon in Hong Kong. Wing YK, Lee ST, Chen CN. Sleep. 1994. 17(7):609-613. Abstract.
Sleep Paralysis: A REM Sleep Phenomenon as Documented with Simultaneous Clinical and Electrophysiologic Assessment. Dyken M, Yamada T, Lin-Dyken D, Yeh M. Sleep. 1998. 21(3 Suppl):179.
The Old Hag Phenomenon as Sleep Paralysis: A Biocultural Interpretation. Ness RC. Cult Med Psychiatry. 1978. 2(1):15-39. Abstract.
The Ominous Numinous - Sensed Presence and 'Other' Hallucinations. Cheyne JA. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 2001. 8(5-7):133-150. Reprint.
The Pattern of Isolated Sleep Paralysis Among Nigerian Medical Students. Ohaeri JU, Odejide AO, Ikuesan BA, Adeyemi JD. J Natl Med Assoc. 1989. 81(7):805-808. Abstract.
The Prevalence of Isolated Sleep Paralysis Among A Sample of Nigerian Civil Servants and Undergraduates. Ohaeri JU. Afr J Med Med Sci. 1997. 26(1-2):43-45. Abstract.
Was Anna O.'s Black Snake Hallucination a Sleep Paralysis Nightmare? Dreams, Memories, and Trauma. Powell RA, Nielsen TA. Psychiatry. 1998. 61(3):239-248. Abstract.
What kind of sleep-related life style affects the occurrence of sleep paralysis in normal individuals?. Takeuchi T, Fukuda K, Yamamoto Y, Yamazaki K. Sleep Research. 1997. 26:518. Abstract.
+ - LDE: Lucid Dream Experience
Lucid Dreams. Blackmore, Susan J. Skeptical Inquirer. 1991. 15:362-370
A Study of Dreams. van Eeden, Frederik. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. 1913. Volume 26.
