[Dreams in normal and pathological aging].
Psychologie & neuropsychiatrie du vieillissement June 1, 2010 Fabian Guénolé, Geoffrey Marcaggi, Jean-Marc Baleyte et al.
Although most of scientific knowledge in dream research is based on young adult studies, this article provides a review of the effects of normal and pathological aging on dream psychology. It starts with preliminary comments about epistemological and methodological principles of dream research, its singularities in aged persons, and the modifications of sleep physiology with age. The whole...