Lucid Dreaming: a State of Consciousness with Features of Both Waking and Non-Lucid Dreaming
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عنوان ژورنال: Sleep
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0161-8105,1550-9109
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.9.1191