Why We Dream

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 579-587

  Stickgold, Robert ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160797-7/50054-9     Document Type: Chapter

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