Dream characteristics in a Brazilian sample: an online survey focusing on lucid dreaming

During sleep, humans experience the offline images and sensations that we call dreams, which are typically emotional and lacking in rational judgment of their bizarreness. However, during lucid dreaming (LD), subjects know that they are dreaming, and may control oneiric content. Dreaming and LD feat...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Sérgio Arthuro Mota-Rolim, Zé Henrique Targino, Bryan C. Souza, Wilfredo eBlanco, John F. Araujo, Sidarta eRibeiro
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Subjects:	Dreams REM sleep Lucid dreaming nightmares dream feature
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00836/full

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