Do We Think Dreams Are in Black and White due to Memory Problems?

Dreaming

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Schredl, Michael ^a   Fuchedzhieva, Aylin ^a   Hämig, Heike ^a   Schindele, Verena ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

colors; dream content; dream recall frequency; memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049148030     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.18.3.175     Document Type: Article

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