Continuity between waking and dreaming: A proposal for a mathematical model

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-52

  Schredl, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuity hypothesis; Dream content; Dreaming; Laboratory references; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DREAMING; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE; LIFE EVENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NIGHT; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TIME;

EID: 0037256606     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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