Dreaming, waking conscious experience, and the resting brain: Report of subjective experience as a tool in the cognitive neurosciences

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Wamsley, Erin J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Consciousness; Default network; Dreaming; Memory; Mentation; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885362059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00637     Document Type: Article

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