eprintid: 10064
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/00/01/00/64
datestamp: 2009-11-18 12:00:52
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status_changed: 2012-08-16 08:14:13
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Parke, Amy Ruth
creators_name: Horton, Caroline Linda
title: A re-examination of the interference hypothesis on dream recall and dream salience
ispublished: pub
subjects: 300
divisions: 100500
keywords: Dream recall , interference , autobiographical memory
abstract: The interference hypothesis (Cohen, 1974; Cohen & Wolfe, 1973) was proposed to account for the difficulties in remembering dreams. Stimuli perceived on waking can either encourage activation of the waking brain or impair the transition from sleep to wake. The objective of the present study was to assess the validity of the interference hypothesis by discriminating between the natural decay of dream memories and enforced interference on dream recall and dream salience.  Participants (N=42) were assigned to one of three groups: control, interference or demanding interference. Each participant completed a dream template and questionnaire to assess their dream recallability. The interference group recalled significantly more words and reported higher salience compared to the interference/task and control groups. Interference was thus demonstrated to influence dream recall failure.  We propose that interference may interact with dream salience in accounting for much variance within dream recall.
abstract_translated_lang: ger
date: 2009
date_type: published
id_scheme: ojs
official_url: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ojs/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/364
ppn_swb: 1403016526
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-100646
language: eng
bibsort: PARKEAMYRUAREEXAMINA2009
full_text_status: none
publication: International Journal of Dream Research
volume: 2
number: 2
pagerange: 60-69
citation:   Parke, Amy Ruth ; Horton, Caroline Linda  (2009) A re-examination of the interference hypothesis on dream recall and dream salience.  International Journal of Dream Research, 2 (2).  pp. 60-69.