Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia.
Valdas Noreika, Katja Valli, Juha Markkula, Katriina Seppälä, Antti Revonsuo
Psychiatry Research May 14, 2010 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.034 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case-control study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 10 |
| Population | Five schizophrenia patients and five matched controls |
| Keywords | Humans Case-control studies Dreams Wakefulness Sleep Schizophrenia Neuropsychological tests Adult Male |
| Key findings | Blind judges found it harder to distinguish schizophrenia patients' dream reports from their waking-thought reports than to distinguish controls' reports, suggesting more overlap between dreaming and waking cognition in patients. Patients also reported shorter but more bizarre dreams than controls. |
Abstract
Dream diaries and reports of daytime waking thought were collected from five schizophrenia patients and matched controls. It was more difficult for blind judges to differentiate the patients' than the controls' dream reports from reports of waking thought, and patients reported shorter but more bizarre dreams than did the controls.
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