Frequency of Lucid Dreams and Lucid Dream Practice in German Athletes

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-246

  Erlacher, Daniel ^a,c   Stumbrys, Tadas ^a,c   Schredl, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84865366645     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IC.31.3.f     Document Type: Article

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