EEG correlates of emotions in dream narratives from typical young adults and individuals with autistic spectrum disorders

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-308

  Daoust, Anne Marie ^a,b   Lusignan, Félix Antoine ^a,c   Braun, Claude M J ^b   Mottron, Laurent ^a,c   Godbout, Roger ^a,c,d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Connectivity; Dream; Electroencephalography; Emotion; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 38849134880     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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