title: Recognition of sleep paralysis among normal adults in Canada and in Japan.
abstract: There were no differences between Canada and Japan in the prevalence and symptoms of sleep paralysis (SP), but many more Canadians considered SP to be a dream. The difference was considered to be derived from the fact that there is a common expression for SP in Japan but there is not one in Canada. Then, we investigated why there are individuals who consider SP to be a dream and others who do not, and found that many Japanese who regarded it as a dream did not report the symptom of 'unable to move', while in Canada, self-evaluation of spirituality was different between the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Fukushima University, Japan. kfukuda@educ.fukushima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ogilvie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004325:Dreams; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D020188:Sleep Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology