Table 3.

Illustrative examples of most recent conscious experiences and their characteristics.

Most recent CE	Time	Sleep stage	Min in stage	Duration of CE	Recall in time	Richness	Thinking/perceiving	Self/environment-relatedness	Reflective consciousness
I was thinking about a restaurant I went to yesterday.	3:34 am	Wake	33	20 min	2 min	20 s	−4	0	10
I was in a living room, with lots of flowers and insects.	11:44 pm	N1	2	30 min	3 min	15 s	2	3	7
I saw a facebook notification saying that a friend from high school was engaged.	4:33 am	N2	4	30 s	20 s	30 s	2	2	2
I was eating bacon.	5:44 am	N3	6	1 min	1 min	30 s	2	−1	3
I was looking at a giant vulture. It was looking at us through the window, in a very mean way.	3:26 am	REM	11	20 min	20 min	15 min	2	2	2

The thinking/perceiving score ranges from −4 (maximal thinking, minimal perceiving) to +4 (maximal perceiving, minimal thinking). The reflective consciousness score ranges from 2 (minimal reflective consciousness) to 10 (maximal reflective consciousness). The self/environment score ranges from −4 (maximal self-relatedness, minimal environment-relatedness) to +4 (maximal environment-relatedness, minimal self-relatedness).