The dream always makes new connections: The dream is a creation, not a replay

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Hartmann, Ernest ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connection in dreams; Dream function; Dream replay; Dreaming; Dreams; Dreams as creation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DREAM; DREAMING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW;

EID: 77956645851     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2010.01.009     Document Type: Review

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