Sensed presence as a correlate of sleep paralysis distress, social anxiety and waking state social imagery

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-63

  Solomonova, Elizaveta ^a,b   Nielsen, Tore ^a,c   Stenstrom, Philippe ^a,c   Simard, Valérie ^a,c   Frantova, Elena ^d   Donderi, Don ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreaming; Parasomnias; Psychopathology; Sensed presence; Sleep paralysis; Social anxiety; Social imagery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DREAMING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGHTMARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASOMNIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DREAMS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASOMNIAS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SLEEP PARALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40749116975     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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