Spontaneously reported colors in dreams: Correlations with attitude towards creativity, personality and memory

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 54-60

  Schredl, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colors; Creativity; Dream content; Dream recall; Memory; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549105622     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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