Recording of bizarre elements in dreams
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) 1989 Henriette Haas, Hayim Guitar-Amsterdamer, Inge Strauch
A nominal scale with 15 descriptive categories ordered in three general classes was designed. Being more complete than previous scales it captures systematically formal and content aspects of bizarreness. The data consisted of 39 REM-dream reports and 12 presleep waking fantasies (triggered by a stimulus scene) collected from 6 subjects in 12 experimental nights. The reports were rated by 4...