Alexithymia and impoverished dream content: evidence from rapid eye movement sleep awakenings.

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Characteristics	Observational study Peer reviewed
Topics	Dreaming
Key findings	The study suggests that alexithymia is associated with reduced dream content, as evidenced by REM sleep awakenings. Individuals with higher alexithymia scores tend to report less elaborate dreams, indicating a possible continuity between waking emotional processing and dream mentation.