Dream Recall and Content following Extended Sleep
John M. Taub
Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1, 1970 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1970.30.3.987 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 22 |
| Population | Human participants |
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key findings | Extended sleep increases dream recall and produces dreams with more familiar characters than normal sleep. |
Abstract
Dream recall and content following normal 8-hr. nights of sleep and nights of extended sleep was collected from 22 Ss in two separate studies. The total number of dreams reported subsequent to extended sleep was significantly higher than after nights of normal sleep ( p < .01). Dreams reported following extended sleep contained a significantly greater proportion of familiar characters than dreams recalled after regular nights of sleep ( p < .02). The results indicate that extended sleep is more favorable for dream recall than nights of normal sleep and dreams reported following extended sleep are more closely related to waking life than dreams recalled after nights of regular sleep.
Comparable studies
Other observational and cohort studies on dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming Student volunteers trained to become lucid and signal lucidity with horizontal eye... | 2009 | Observational study | n = 6 |
| Nightmare Prevalence, Nightmare Distress, and Self-Reported Psychological Disturbance Young adults with a mean age of 20 years | 2002 | Prospective observational study | n = 116 |
| Long-term effects of extreme situational stress on sleep and dreaming Survivors of traumatic events who complained of sleep disturbances, compared with... | 1987 | Case-control study | n = 11 |
| The relationship of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress to well‐being Adults who reported dreams | 2004 | Observational cohort | n = 147 |
| The prevalence of nightmares and their independence from anxiety. Undergraduates | 1990 | Observational study using daily dream logs | n = 220 |
Citations in the library
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