Dreams of blind persons;Le rêve des aveugles

Neuro-Psy News

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-22

  Léger, Damien ^a   Hommey, Nicolas ^a   Raffray, Tifenn ^a  

^a Centre du Sommeil Hotel Dieu   (France)

Author keywords

Blind; Blindness; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COLOR; DREAM; FEAR; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0036460877     PISSN: 16335767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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