Sleep and the processing of emotions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1403-1414

  Deliens, Gaétane ^a   Gilson, Médhi ^a   Peigneux, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dreams; Emotion; Emotion regulation; Memory; Sleep

Indexed keywords

DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; EMOTION; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY; SLEEP;

EID: 84900340256     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3832-1     Document Type: Review

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