Handedness and dream-recall frequency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4870249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Schredl (0000-0002-8031-6608), Alan A Beaton, Alan Beaton, Josie Henley-Einion, Josie Henley (0000-0002-2709-900X), Mark Blagrove (0000-0002-9854-1854) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 156-162 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dreaming (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0032210 |
| OpenAlex | W2321122071 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The ability to recall a dream upon waking up in the morning has been linked to a broad variety of factors such as personality, creativity, sleep behavior, and cognitive function. As dreaming has been associated with the right hemisphere, it has been proposed that left-handed persons would have easier access to their dreams. However, previous empirical data support an association of dream-recall frequency with right-handedness. In the present sample of 1,375 participants, right-handedness and mixed/inconsistent handedness were associated with higher dream-recall frequency than were left-handed persons (especially pronounced in the subgroup of adolescents), partly confirming previous findings. As handedness is related to other factors such as preterm birth, which can affect brain functioning, a broad battery of cognitive tests would be desirable to further characterize samples of left-handers, right-handers and persons with inconsistent handedness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved
Affect (linguistics · Audiology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Dream · Personality · Psychiatry · PsycINFO · Recall · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |