The ability to self-tickle following Rapid Eye Movement sleep dreaming

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-294

  Blagrove, Mark ^a   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^b   Thayer, Ben R J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dreaming; REM sleep; Self monitoring; Self stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAMING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REM SLEEP; SELF STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DREAMS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SELF STIMULATION; SENSATION; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; TOUCH; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33646548943     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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