"從睡眠中醒來時的意識狀態"，1897年，由英國文學家弗雷德裏克·W·H·邁爾斯（1843-1901）創造，由 hypno- "睡眠"和希臘語的第二個元素 pompe "送走"組成，來自 pempein "發送"（參見 pomp）。
Hypnagogic — Illusions hypnagogiques (Maury) are the vivid illusions of sight or sound—"faces in the dark," etc.—which sometimes accompany the oncoming of sleep. To similar illusions accompanying the departure of sleep, as when a dream-figure persists for a few moments into waking life, I have given the name hypnopompic. [F.W.H. Myers, "Glossary of Terms used in Psychical Research," Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, vol. xii, 1896-97, supplement]
Hypnagogic — Illusions hypnagogiques（Maury）是視覺或聽覺的生動幻覺，如“黑暗中的面孔”等，有時伴隨着睡眠的到來。對於伴隨着睡眠的 departure 的類似幻覺，例如當夢中人物在甦醒的生活中持續幾分鐘時，我給出了 hypnopompic 的名稱。[F.W.H.邁爾斯，“超心理研究中使用的術語詞彙表”，《超心理研究協會會議記錄》，第十二卷，1896-97，補充]
By hypnagogic paramnesia I mean a false memory occurring in the antechamber of sleep, but not necessarily before sleep. Mr. Myers' invention of the word "hypnopompic" seems to me unnecessary except for pedantic reasons. I take the condition of consciousness to be almost the same whether the sleep is coming on or passing away. In the dream I have recorded it is even impossible to say whether the phenomenon is "hypnagogic" or "hypnopompic"; in such a case the twilight consciousness is as much conditioned by the sleep that is passing away as by the sleep that is coming on. [H. Ellis, "A Note on Hypnagogic Paramnesia," in Mind, vol. vi, 1897]
通過睡前虛假記憶，我指的是在睡前的前廳中發生的虛假記憶，但不一定是在睡前。邁爾斯先生髮明“hypnopompic”這個詞，我認爲這是沒有必要的，除了追求學究式的原因。我認爲意識狀態幾乎相同，無論是睡眠來臨還是離去。在我記錄的夢中，甚至無法確定這種現象是“hypnagogic”還是“hypnopompic”； 在這種情況下，黃昏的意識狀態受到正在消逝的睡眠和即將到來的睡眠的同等制約。[H.埃利斯，“關於 Hypnagogic Paramnesia 的註釋”，《心靈》雜誌，第六卷，1897年]
