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The relationship between real time and REM-dream time was explored by asking Ss to judge the length of time from an incorporation of an external stimulus (percutaneous shocks to the median nerve at the wrist) to their awakening as either 30 sec or 3 min. Ss’ ability to make this discrimination was taken as support of the notion that a relationship may exist between REM-dream time and real time.
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1. The research reported in this paper was conducted in the Psychology Laboratory of the Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. It was supported by a grant (M-628) from the United States Public Health Service National Institutes of Health. I wish to thank both Dr. H. A. Witkin and Dr. M. Eagle for their interest and helpful suggestions. Portions of this paper were presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep, Santa Monica, California, April, 1967.
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Koulack, D. Dream time and real time. Psychon Sci 11, 202 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327656
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