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Dream bizarreness and waking thought in schizophrenia
Valdas Noreika1, Katja Valli, Juha Markkula
1Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, University of Turku, and Neuropsychiatric Clinic, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. valnor@utu.fi
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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