Evidence for the preferential incorporation of emotional waking-life experiences into dreams

Dreaming

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-31

  Malinowski, Josie ^a   Horton, Caroline L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity hypothesis; Dream function; Dreaming; Emotional memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897947025     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036017     Document Type: Article

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