Bizarreness of size and shape in dream images

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-390

  Cicogna, P C ^a   Occhionero, M ^a   Natale, V ^a   Esposito, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Binding; Consciousness; Dreaming; Imagery; Memory; Shape bizarreness; Size bizarreness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAMS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249881331     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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