Incorporation of presleep stimuli into dream contents: Evidence for a consolidation effect on declarative knowledge during REM sleep?

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-326

  Cipolli, Carlo ^a   Fagioli, Igino ^b   Mazzetti, Michela ^a   Tuozzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dream experience; Memory consolidation; Processing of declarative knowledge; Rapid eye movement sleep; Stimulus incorporation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DREAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONREM SLEEP; PRESLEEP STIMULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REM SLEEP; SEMANTICS; SLEEP; STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; DREAMS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP, REM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 10344266528     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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