Measuring consciousness in dreams: The lucidity and consciousness in dreams scale

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-21

  Voss, Ursula ^a,b   Schermelleh Engel, Karin ^a   Windt, Jennifer ^c   Frenzel, Clemens ^d   Hobson, Allan ^e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Waldkrankenhaus Koeppern   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Control; Dreams; Emotion; Insight; Lucid dreaming; Thought

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAM; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; LUCID DREAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RATING SCALE; REM SLEEP; THINKING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84871747866     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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