Incidence of threat in dreams: A response to revonsuo's threat simulation theory

Dreaming

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-229

  Malcolm Smith, Susan ^a   Solms, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dreaming; Evolutionary psychology; Threat simulation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645663685     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.14.4.220     Document Type: Article

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