Brief Report: Frequency of Dream Recall, Creativity, and a Control for Anxiety
Psychological Reports June 1, 1968 Ronald N. Bone, Faith Corlett
People who more frequently recall their dreams tend to score higher on a test of creative thinking, the Remote Associates Test (RAT). However, anxiety disrupts this relationship: anxious individuals recall dreams more often but perform worse on the creativity test. After statistically removing the influence of anxiety, the positive link between dream recall frequency and creativity becomes stronger.