The biology of dream formation: A review and critique

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 657-671

  Kramer, Milton ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology of dreaming; Critique; Freud; Pychoanalysis; Theories

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; DREAMING; NONREM SLEEP; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DREAMS; HUMANS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NEURONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036989741     PISSN: 00903604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.30.4.657.24187     Document Type: Review

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