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A dream EEG and mentation database
William Wong,
Rubén Herzog 
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Kátia Cristine Andrade,
Thomas Andrillon ,
Draulio Barros de Araujo ,
Isabelle Arnulf ,
Somayeh Ataei,
Giulia Avvenuti ,
Benjamin Baird ,
Michele Bellesi ,
Damiana Bergamo,
Giulio Bernardi ,
Mark Blagrove,
Nicolas Decat ,
Çağatay Demirel ,
Martin Dresler ,
Jean-Baptiste Eichenlaub ,
Valentina Elce ,
Steffen Gais,
Luigi De Gennaro ,
Jarrod Gott,
Chihiro Hiramatsu ,
Bjørn Erik Juel,
Karen R. Konkoly,
Deniz Kumral ,
Célia Lacaux ,
Joshua J. LaRocque ,
Bigna Lenggenhager,
Remington Mallett ,
Sérgio Arthuro Mota-Rolim ,
Yuki Motomura,
Andre Sevenius Nilsen ,
Valdas Noreika,
Delphine Oudiette ,
Fernanda Palhano-Fontes ,
Jessica Palmieri ,
Ken A. Paller ,
Lampros Perogamvros,
Antti Revonsuo,
Elaine van Rijn ,
Serena Scarpelli,
Monika Schönauer ,
Sarah F. Schoch ,
Francesca Siclari,
Pilleriin Sikka ,
Johan Frederik Storm,
Hiroshige Takeichi ,
Katja Valli ,
Erin J. Wamsley ,
Jennifer M. Windt,
Jing Zhang ,
Jialin Zhao,
Naotsugu Tsuchiya
,
Kátia Cristine Andrade,
Thomas Andrillon ,
Draulio Barros de Araujo ,
Isabelle Arnulf ,
Somayeh Ataei,
Giulia Avvenuti ,
Benjamin Baird ,
Michele Bellesi ,
Damiana Bergamo,
Giulio Bernardi ,
Mark Blagrove,
Nicolas Decat ,
Çağatay Demirel ,
Martin Dresler ,
Jean-Baptiste Eichenlaub ,
Valentina Elce ,
Steffen Gais,
Luigi De Gennaro ,
Jarrod Gott,
Chihiro Hiramatsu ,
Bjørn Erik Juel,
Karen R. Konkoly,
Deniz Kumral ,
Célia Lacaux ,
Joshua J. LaRocque ,
Bigna Lenggenhager,
Remington Mallett ,
Sérgio Arthuro Mota-Rolim ,
Yuki Motomura,
Andre Sevenius Nilsen ,
Valdas Noreika,
Delphine Oudiette ,
Fernanda Palhano-Fontes ,
Jessica Palmieri ,
Ken A. Paller ,
Lampros Perogamvros,
Antti Revonsuo,
Elaine van Rijn ,
Serena Scarpelli,
Monika Schönauer ,
Sarah F. Schoch ,
Francesca Siclari,
Pilleriin Sikka ,
Johan Frederik Storm,
Hiroshige Takeichi ,
Katja Valli ,
Erin J. Wamsley ,
Jennifer M. Windt,
Jing Zhang ,
Jialin Zhao,
Naotsugu Tsuchiya
Nature Communications, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Start page: 7495
Swansea University Author: Mark Blagrove
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Magneto/electroencephalography (M/EEG) studies of dreaming are an essential paradigm in the investigation of neurocognitive processes of human consciousness during sleep, but they are limited by the number of observations that can be collected per study. Dream research also involves substantial meth...
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