Dream recall and content were studied in 10 female college students who habitually slept nocturnally for more than 9 hr. and in 7 who habitually slept less than 6½ hr. During 2 wk. 81 spontaneously recalled dreams were reported by the 7 short sleepers and 114 dreams by the 10 long sleepers. Of 9 dream content variables the 2 groups of sleepers differed significantly on only one and did not...
Dream recall and content following normal 8-hr. nights of sleep and nights of extended sleep was collected from 22 Ss in two separate studies. The total number of dreams reported subsequent to extended sleep was significantly higher than after nights of normal sleep ( p < .01). Dreams reported following extended sleep contained a significantly greater proportion of familiar characters than...