Why did empirical dream researchers reject freud? A critique of historical claims by Mark Solms

Dreaming

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-17

  Domhoff, G William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dreams; NREM dreaming; Psychoanalysis; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645079868     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.14.1.3     Document Type: Review

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