Similarities and Differences between Dreaming and Waking Cognition: An Exploratory Study

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 132-147

  Kahan, Tracey L ^a   LaBerge, Stephen ^b   Levitan, Lynne ^c   Zimbardo, Philip ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lucidity Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DREAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECALL; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DREAMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031089811     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.1996.0274     Document Type: Article

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