Cognitive and emotional processes during dreaming: A neuroimaging view

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 998-1008

  Desseilles, Martin ^a,b   Dang Vu, Thien Thanh ^b,c,d   Sterpenich, Virginie ^a   Schwartz, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain; Cognitive neuroscience; Dreaming; Functional neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Rapid eye movement (REM); Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; REM SLEEP;

BRAIN; COGNITION; DREAMS; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 80054855741     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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