Dream Recall and Total Sleep Time
Perceptual and Motor Skills April 1, 1972 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1972.34.2.456 (opens in new tab)
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractLonger total sleep time predicts more dream recall for men, but not significantly for women, though the trend is in the same direction. This confirms earlier findings that total sleep time is important for men's dream recall and suggests that the factors determining dream recall may differ between sexes.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Key finding | Total sleep time is a significant predictor of dream recall for males but not for females. |
Abstract
It was predicted that diary and questionnaire measures of dream recall would be greater for long than for short sleep time. Total sleep time was a significant predictor variable for dream recall for males only. Results for females were in the predicted direction but consistently nonsignificant. This study confirms previously published findings on the significance of total sleep time for males but raises the question of sex differences in determinants of dream recall.