Early-night serial awakenings as a new paradigm for studies on NREM dreaming

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Noreika, Valdas ^a   Valli, Katja ^a,b   Lahtela, Hetti ^a   Revonsuo, Antti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complexity of dreams; Dreamless sleep; EEG; NREM sleep; Psychophysiology of dreaming; Serial awakenings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749087087     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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