A replication of the 5-7 day dream-lag effect with comparison of dreams to future events as control for baseline matching.
Consciousness and Cognition June 1, 2011 Mark Blagrove, Josie Henley-Einion, Amanda Barnett et al.
The dream-lag effect refers to there being, after the frequent incorporation of memory elements from the previous day into dreams (the day-residue), a lower incorporation of memory elements from 2 to 4 days before the dream, but then an increased incorporation of memory elements from 5 to 7 days before the dream. Participants (n=8, all female) kept a daily diary and a dream diary for 14 days...