Last night I had the strangest dream: Varieties of rational thought processes in dream reports

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 838-849

  Wolman, Richard N ^a   Kozmová, Miloslava ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAYBROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rational thought process; Thinking in dreaming; Thought processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NIGHT; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CULTURE; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; THINKING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 36048975778     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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