Information processing during sleep: The effect of olfactory stimuli on dream content and dream emotions

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-290

  Schredl, Michael ^a   Atanasova, Desislava ^a,b   Hörmann, Karl ^b   Maurer, Joachim T ^b   Hummel, Thomas ^c   Stuck, Boris A ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dream content; Dream emotions; Information processing; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAMING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CUES; DREAMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP, REM; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049086948     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2009.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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