Nielsen, Tore A.Powell, Russell A.2020-10-132022-05-312022-05-311989Nielsen, T. A., & Powell, R. A. (1989). The ‘dream lag’ effect: A 6-day temporal delay in dream content incorporation. Psychiatric Journal of the University Ottawa, 14, 561-565.0702-8466https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1856Used 103 dream diaries collected in 2 experiments with psychology students/volunteers to examine whether dream incorporations of an important daytime event would occur after temporal delays of up to 7 days. Analysis showed a 6-day delay between event occurrence and dream incorporation. Variations in incorporation were found to follow a sinusoidal pattern. Results implicate dream incorporation in the learning consolidation functions of REM sleep.enAll Rights Reserveddream contentexperiences (events)dreamshumanslearningperiodicitysleep, REMArticle