The similarities and differences in dream content at the cross-cultural, gender, and individual
levels provide one starting point for carrying out studies that attempt to discover …

According to age-old stereotypes that are constantly reinforced by stories in the mass media,
the content of dreams is extremely bizarre, with little apparent rhyme or reason. The popular …

Dream reports were collected from normal subjects in an effort to determine the degree to
which dream reports can be used to identify individual dreamers. Judges were asked to …

Individuals differ greatly in their dream recall frequency, in their incidence of recalling types
of dreams, such as nightmares, and in the content of their dreams. This chapter reviews work …

Empirical studies largely support the continuity hypothesis of dreaming. Despite of previous
research efforts, the exact formulation of the continuity hypothesis remains vague. The …

Laboratory studies of dreams are now at a low ebb, but past laboratory studies provide a
basis for the belief that some kinds of non-laboratory studies, those that focus strictly on …

Typical dreams are defined as dreams with similar contents reported by a high percentage
of dreamers. Up to now, the frequencies of typical dream themes have been studied with …

Drawing on both laboratory and non-laboratory studies, this chapter reports on what is
known and generally agreed upon about the nature of dream content in the general adult …

Dream questionnaires are widely used in dream research to measure dream recall
frequency and various aspects of dream life. The present study has investigated the …

Self-ratings of dream experiences were obtained from 144 college women for 788 dreams,
using the Subjective Experiences Rating Scale (SERS). Consistent with past studies …