A methodological study of the effect of experimentally induced demand characteristics in research on nocturnal dreams.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1978 Derek A. Stern, Graham S. Saayman, Stephen Touyz 13 citations
This experiment tested the hypothesis that demand characteristics, as outlined by Orne (1962), may affect dream content. Twelve subjects, allocated to two matched groups balanced for age and sex, were selected on the basis of good dream recall from 94 volunteer psychology I students. Subjects were involved in the study for 15 consecutive nights, three of which were laboratory recording nights,...