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Laura Bradley

3 papers in the library · 124 citations · publishing 1989-1993

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Linguistic Phenomena and Language Selection in the REM Dreams of German‐English Bilinguals

International Journal of Psychology December 1, 1993 David Foulkes, Barbara Meier, Inge Strauch et al. 10 citations

Sixteen German‐English bilinguals were studied in a sleep laboratory for four nonconsecutive nights each. Half were native English speakers living in Zürich, and half native German speakers living in Atlanta. Presleep thought samples were solicited each evening and REM dream reports each night; subjects judged the waking appropriateness of their imagined speech and language phenomena, and also...

REM Dreaming and Cognitive Skills at Ages 5-8: A Cross-sectional Study

International Journal of Behavioral Development December 1, 1990 David Foulkes, Michael Hollifield, Brenda Sullivan et al. 105 citations

Eighty children, 10 boys and 10 girls at each of four ages (5, 6, 7, and 8), were awakened from REM sleep on 10 occasions over the course of three nights in a sleep laboratory to report dreams. They also completed a variety of cognitive skill tests. In confirmation of an earlier, longitudinal study (Foulkes, 1982): Dreams were reported relatively seldom (median report rate of 20%); until age 7,...

Phasic Activity and Dream Recall in 5- to 8-Yr.-Olds

Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 1989 David Foulkes, Laura Bradley 9 citations

from REM awakenings are infrequent and, when present, qualitatively meager. We report here data from a cross-sectional project in which 10 boys and 10 girls were studied within a month of their birthdays at each of four ages, namely, 5, 6, 7, and 8 yr. Ten REM awakenings were scheduled for dream retrieval over three nonconsecutive nights, 10 mjn. following the initiation of REM periods...