Impaired executive functions in subjects with frequent nightmares as reflected by performance in different neuropsychological tasks

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-283

  Simor, Péter ^a   Pajkossy, Péter ^a   Horváth, Klára ^b   Bódizs, Róbert ^b,c  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dreaming; Emotional regulation; Executive functions; Nightmare; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ERROR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGHTMARE; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SLEEP QUALITY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WAKEFULNESS; WORD RECOGNITION;

DREAMS; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856777351     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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