Lucid dreaming and ventromedial versus dorsolateral prefrontal task performance

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-244

  Neider, Michelle ^a   Pace Schott, Edward F ^b,d   Forselius, Erica ^c   Pittman, Brian ^c   Morgan, Peter T ^c  

^a Briarcliff High School   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal function; Dream cognition; Iowa Gambling Task; Lucid dreaming; Meta awareness; Metacognition; Prefrontal cortex; Self consciousness; Ventromedial prefrontal function; Wisconsin Card Sort Task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DREAMING; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; DREAMS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955479501     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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