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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-04-2008 | Original Paper

Dream Content Analysis in Persons with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Anne-Marie Daoust, Félix-Antoine Lusignan, Claude M. J. Braun, Laurent Mottron, Roger Godbout

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2008

Abstract

Dream questionnaires were completed by 28 young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participants. Seventy-nine typically developed individual served as the control group. In a subset of 17 persons with ASD and 11 controls matched for verbal IQ, dream narratives were obtained following REM sleep awakenings in a sleep laboratory. Questionnaires revealed that participants with ASD, compared to controls, had fewer recollections of dreaming, fewer bad dreams and fewer emotions. In the sleep laboratory, dream content narratives following REM sleep awakenings were shorter in ASD participants than in controls. ASD participants also reported fewer settings, objects, characters, social interactions, activities, and emotions. It is concluded that these characteristics of dreaming in ASD may reflect neurocognitive dimensions specific to this condition.

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Titel: Dream Content Analysis in Persons with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs: Anne-Marie Daoust
Félix-Antoine Lusignan
Claude M. J. Braun
Laurent Mottron
Roger Godbout
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-007-0431-z

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