The typical dreams of Canadian University students

Dreaming

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-235

  Nielsen, Tore A ^a,b   Zadra, Antonio L ^a,b   Simard, Valéric ^a,b   Saucier, Sébastien ^a,b   Stenstrom, Philippe ^a,b   Smith, Carlyle ^c   Kuiken, Don ^d  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreaming; Personality factors; Sex differences; Typical dreams

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944262593     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DREM.0000003144.40929.0b     Document Type: Review

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