Dreaming, Handedness, and Sleep Architecture: Interhemispheric Mechanisms

Stephen D. Christman; Ruth Propper

doi:10.1016/S0074-7742(10)92011-4

Dreaming, Handedness, and Sleep Architecture: Interhemispheric Mechanisms

Stephen D. Christman, Ruth Propper

Psychology

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Review of Neurobiology
Publisher	Academic Press Inc.
Pages	215-232
Number of pages	18
Edition	C
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7742(10)92011-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010

Publication series

Name	International Review of Neurobiology
Number	C
Volume	92
ISSN (Print)	0074-7742

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Keywords

Handedness
Individual differences
Interhemispheric interaction
Lateral dominance
Sleep

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Christman, S. D., & Propper, R. (2010). Dreaming, Handedness, and Sleep Architecture: Interhemispheric Mechanisms. In International Review of Neurobiology (C ed., pp. 215-232). (International Review of Neurobiology; Vol. 92, No. C). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7742(10)92011-4

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