Practicing a motor task in a lucid dream enhances subsequent performance: a pilot study

Nocturnal dreams can be considered as a kind of simulation of the real world on a higher cognitive level. Within lucid dreams, the dreamer is able to control the ongoing dream content and is free to do what he or she wants. In this pilot study, the possibility of practicing a simple motor task in a...

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Hauptverfasser: Erlacher, Daniel (VerfasserIn) , Schredl, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2010
In: The sport psychologist
Year: 2010, Jahrgang: 24, Heft: 2, Pages: 157-167
ISSN:1543-2793
DOI:10.1123/tsp.24.2.157
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