Sleep: Dreaming Data and Theories

Encyclopedia of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 341-355

  Valli, K ^a   Revonsuo, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bad dreams; Bizarreness; Continuity hypothesis; Dream self; Dreaming; Evolutionary function of dreams; Nightmares; Psychological healing function; Random activation theories; Recurrent dreams; Sensory modalities in dreams; Threat simulation theory; Universal dream themes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882526709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373873-8.00073-6     Document Type: Chapter

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