Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 32 / Issue 3-4 / August 2009, pp 287-288
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09990306 (About DOI), Published online: 20 August 2009
Open Peer Commentary
Sex differences in dream aggression
Michael Schredla1
a1 Sleep Laboratory, Central Institute of Mental Health, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany. Michael.Schredl@zi-mannheim.de www.dreamresearch.de
Abstract
Dream research shows sex differences in dream aggression that fit very well with the findings for waking-life aggressive behaviour. Dream studies are a valuable tool for investigating variables underlying the sex difference in aggression. One might argue that studying dream aggression might be even more promising because aggression in dreams is not socially labelled, as being aggressive in waking life is.
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