Presleep focusing on positive spontaneous thoughts enhanced the possibility of dreaming of them.
Frontiers in Psychology December 14, 2022 Jiaxi Wang, Bin Song, Xiaoling Feng et al.
Introduction: Dreaming is the subjective experience during sleep. A spontaneous thought is a thought that comes to one's mind involuntarily. This study investigated whether presleep focusing on a positive spontaneous thought enhanced the possibility of dreaming of the thought. Methods: Ninety-seven participants were quasi-randomly assigned to an expression condition (focus on an spontaneous...
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042857 (opens in new tab)
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Sleep
Priming
Metaphor
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