Dream Rebound: The Return of Suppressed Thoughts in Dreams

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 232-236

  Wegner, Daniel M ^a,c   Wenzlaff, Richard M ^b   Kozak, Megan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; THINKING;

EID: 2042440396     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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