Tests of Structural Hypotheses in Free Recall of Bizarre and Common Dream Reports: Implications for Sleep Research
Imagination, Cognition and Personality June 1, 2005 James B. Worthen, Sarah A. Eisenstein, Siobhan C. Budwey et al.
Interpretation of research investigating the content of dreams within the context of sleep studies is complicated by memory-related factors. The present study offers a controlled experiment using wakeful participants to test two main hypotheses that have implications for sleep studies: 1) that the bizarre content of dream reports is more memorable than the common content and 2) that dream...