Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia.
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.
Noreika
Valdas
V
Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, University of Turku, and Neuropsychiatric Clinic, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. valnor@utu.fi
Valli
Katja
K
Markkula
Juha
J
Seppälä
Katriina
K
Revonsuo
Antti
A
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004325:Dreams; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020187:REM Sleep Behavior Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology*