Meteorite or gemstone? Dreaming as one end of a continuum of functioning: Implications for research and for the use of dreams in therapy and self-knowledge

Dreaming

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-168

  Hartmann, Ernest ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortical activity; Continuum of mental functioning; Dream research; Dream dreaming; Dreamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956520086     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020575     Document Type: Article

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