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Experimental Modification of Dream Content by Meaningful Verbal Stimuli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Ralph J. Berger
Ralph J. Berger*
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Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Edinburgh
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Numerous recent electroencephalographic studies have revealed the cyclical alternation of two distinct types of sleep (Dement and Kleitman, 1957a), which have been termed “fore-brain” and “hind-brain” sleep by Jouvet (1962). The former is accompanied by slow waves and spindles in the electroencephalogram (EEG) and the latter by a low-voltage, fairly fast EEG pattern; spasmodic, conjugate rapid eye movements (REMs); relaxation of neck and throat muscles in cat (Jouvet, 1962) and human (Berger, 1961); and recall of dreams following awakening (Dement and Kleitman, 1957b).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 109 , Issue 463 , November 1963 , pp. 722 - 740
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1963 

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