Sleep states, memory processing, and dreams

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-228

  Smith, Carlyle ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreams; Learning; Memory; Sleep; Sleep states

Indexed keywords

DREAM; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 77956638390     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2010.01.002     Document Type: Review

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