Drawing Theoretical Implications from Descriptive Empirical Findings on Dream Content

Dreaming

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 201-210

  Domhoff, G William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation synthesis; Cognition; Dream content; Freud; Jung

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033470395     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021302118072     Document Type: Article

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