Comparing the content of sleep paralysis and dream reports

Dreaming

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-59

  Parker, Jennifer D ^a   Blackmore, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Dreams; Sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036115072     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013894522583     Document Type: Article

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