@inbook{4c592b3093df4c65ba55f090af1874c2,
title = "Dreaming, Handedness, and Sleep Architecture: Interhemispheric Mechanisms",
abstract = "Research on individual differences in sleep as a function of handedness is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on a new way of approaching handedness in terms of degree (strong/consistent versus mixed/inconsistent), as opposed to the traditional focus on direction (right versus left). Handedness differences in sleep architecture reflect increased time in REM sleep and decreased time in NREM sleep in consistent right-handers. A framework relating increased interhemispheric interaction in mixed-handers, increased interhemispheric interaction during episodic retrieval, increased interhemispheric interaction during NREM sleep, and the role of NREM sleep in memory consolidation is discussed.",
keywords = "Handedness, Individual differences, Interhemispheric interaction, Lateral dominance, Sleep",
author = "Christman, {Stephen D.} and Propper, {Ruth E.}",
year = "2010",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/S0074-7742(10)92011-4",
language = "English",
series = "International Review of Neurobiology",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "C",
pages = "215--232",
booktitle = "International Review of Neurobiology",
edition = "C",
}