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Meaklim, H., Burge, M., Le, F., Bains, S. K., Saunders, W., Ghosh, S., Junge, M. F., Varma, P., Rehm, I. C., & Jackson, M. L. (2023)
Strange themes in pandemic dreams: Insomnia was associated with more negative, anxious and death-related dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Sleep Research, 32( 1), e13655.
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Baird B, Mota-Rolim SA, Dresler M.
The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 May; 100:305-323. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.03.008. Epub 2019 Mar 14. PMID: 30880167; PMCID: PMC6451677.
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Iverach, L., Menzies, R.G., & Menzies, R.E. (2014)
Death anxiety and its role in psychopathology: Reviewing the status of a transdiagnostic construct.
Clinical Psychology Review, 34, 580-593.
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Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society.
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Death anxiety. The worm at the core of mental health.
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