The presentation of dreaming and dreams in introductory psychology textbooks: A critical examination with suggestions for textbook authors and course instructors

Dreaming

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-167

  Squier, Leslie H ^a   Domhoff, G William ^b  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dreaming; Dreams; REM sleep; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444455507     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0094486     Document Type: Article

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