Dreaming: A psychological view

Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 484-492

  Schredl, Michael ^a   Wittmann, L ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuity hypothesis; Creativity; Dream content; Dream recall; Nightmares

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CREATIVITY; DREAMING; EMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INJURY; MOOD; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; REM SLEEP; STRESS;

EID: 33644611772     PISSN: 02587661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/sanp.2005.01656     Document Type: Article

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