Goal commitments and the content of thoughts and dreams: Basic principles

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Klinger, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Default mode network; Dreams; Goals; MemoryRumination; Mind wandering; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885366570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00415     Document Type: Review

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