Variations in dream recall frequency and dream theme diversity by age and sex

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nielsen, Tore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Dream diversity; Dream recall; Dreaming; Epidemiology; Sex differences; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865839849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00106     Document Type: Article

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