4 papers in the library · 141 citations · publishing 1982-2001
Consciousness and Cognition March 1, 2001 Piercarla Cicogna, Marino Bosinelli
Two aspects of consciousness are first considered: consciousness as awareness (phenomenological meaning) and consciousness as strategic control (functional meaning). As to awareness, three types can be distinguished: first, awareness as the phenomenal experiences of objects and events; second, awareness as meta-awareness, i.e., the awareness of mental life itself; third, awareness as...
Sleep August 1, 1998 Piercarla Cicogna, Vincenzo Natale, Miranda Occhionero et al. 61 citations
The aims of the experiment were: (1) to establish the proportion of sleep stages in morning spontaneous awakening and to observe whether any stage-dependent differences can be found in the mentation reports; and (2) to compare the characteristics of mental activity during sleep onset (SO) and during the latest sleep period. One hundred forty-four dream reports and their association reports were...
The American Journal of Psychology 1991 Piercarla Cicogna, Corrado Cavallero, Marino Bosinelli 70 citations
Upon nighttime experimental awakening of 27 subjects in four sleep conditions (sleep onset early; sleep onset late; Stage 2; and rapid eye movement, REM, sleep), 108 dream reports and their association reports were collected. Dream reports were analyzed for length (temporal units) and content categories (continuity; implausibility; presence of the dreamer [i.e., "the self"], a setting,...
Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 1982 Piercarla Cicogna, Corrado Cavallero, Marino Bosinelli 10 citations
Reports of 56 dreams from 5 subjects, given upon awakening during the second REMP, were analyzed and compared with a further 3 reports of each dream, obtained the following morning, 3 days, and 1 wk. later, using a system of Coding Units (CUs) and the Scoring System for Latent Structure of Foulkes. There were no significant differences between the second, third, and fourth reports, while the...