Lucid dreaming: An age-dependent brain dissociation

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 634-642

  Voss, Ursula ^a,b   Frenzel, Clemens ^a   Koppehele Gossel, Judith ^a   Hobson, Allan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Intelligence; Lucid dreaming; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; DREAMING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUCID DREAMING; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SLEEP, REM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870254058     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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