Auditory Awakening Thresholds and Dream Recall in NREM Sleep
Perceptual and Motor Skills October 1, 1969 Robert Watson, Allan Rechtschaffen
Whereas earlier research had shown that Ss with lower auditory awakening thresholds (AATs) reported more dreams on awakenings from non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, this study of 4 Ss over several nights each indicated no relationship between Stage 2 NREM dreaming and within-subject, within-night variations in AAT. Subjectively “deep” Stage 2 sleep was associated with high AATs and with...