The Dreams of Blind Men and Women: A Replication and Extension of Previous Findings

Dreaming

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 183-193

  Hurovitz, Craig S ^a   Dunn, Sarah ^b   Domhoff, G William ^b   Fiss, Harry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Content analysis; Dream content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033446490     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021397817164     Document Type: Article

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