Variations in EEG coherence as an index of the affective content of dreams from REM sleep: Relationships with face imagery

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-212

  Nielsen, Tore A ^a   Chénier, Véronique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DREAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP STAGE; THINKING;

EID: 0344577920     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1999.1118     Document Type: Article

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