Dreaming and Insomnia: Link between Physiological REM Parameters and Mentation Characteristics

(1) Background: An unresolved phenomenon of insomnia disorder is a discrepancy between objectively measured sleep and subjective complaints. It has been shown that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep might be especially vulnerable to an altered perception. The present work aimed to investigate the link b...

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Published in:	Brain Sciences
Main Authors:	Fee Benz, Dieter Riemann, Bernd Feige
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Subjects:	insomnia disorder dreaming mental sleep activity sleep sleep state misperception REM
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/6/378

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