The Dimensional Nature of Disturbed Dreaming: Reply to Weiss (2007)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-534

  Nielsen, Tore A ^a,b   Levin, Ross ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distress; neurophysiology of fear memory; nightmares; posttraumatic stress disorder; psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548860351     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.3.533     Document Type: Article

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