Dreaming and consciousness: Testing the threat simulation theory of the function of dreaming

Psyche

Volumn 6, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Revonsuo, Antti ^a   Valli, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dream content analysis; Evolution of consciousness; Evolutionary psychology; Function of dreaming; Nightmares; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004401453     PISSN: 1039723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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