The impact of September 11 on dreaming

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1248-1256

  Bulkeley, Kelly ^a   Kahan, Tracey L ^b  

^a Graduate Theological Union   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central image; Cognition and metacognition; Content analysis; Dreams; Emotion; Media exposure; Nightmares; September 11; Threat simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DREAMING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; TERRORISM;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; THINKING; WAKEFULNESS; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749103210     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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