The neural substrate for dreaming: Is it a subsystem of the default network?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1163-1174

  William Domhoff, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Default network; Dreaming; Mind wandering; Neurocognition; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCESSIVE DREAMING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; THINKING; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FANTASY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROIMAGING; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 80054855623     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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