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Aphasia with reported loss of dreaming
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|January 1, 1983
Summary
Patients with aphasia following vascular lesions reported a loss of dreaming. This suggests that impaired left hemisphere language systems may affect the dreaming process.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Neurology
- Psychology
Background:
- Aphasia is a language disorder resulting from brain damage.
- Dreaming is a complex cognitive process occurring during sleep.
- The relationship between language processing and dreaming is not fully understood.