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Dreaming and waking consciousness: a character recognition study.

J Sleep Res December 1, 2000 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2000.00213.x (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics	Empirical study Peer reviewed
Topics	Dreaming Philosophy of mind
Key points	The study indicates that character recognition performance differs between dreaming and waking states, suggesting distinct cognitive processing during dreaming.

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Dreaming and waking consciousness: a character recognition study.

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