Do we only dream in colour? A comparison of reported dream colour in younger and older adults with different experiences of black and white media

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1228-1237

  Murzyn, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age differences; Colour; Dreams; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DREAMING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COLOR PERCEPTION; DREAMS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749113176     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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