Article Title：Music in dreams
Abstract：
Music in dreams is rarely reported in scientific literature, while the presence of musical themes in dreams of famous musicians is anecdotally reported. We did a systematic investigation to evaluate whether the occurrence of musical dreams could be related to musical competence and practice, and to explore specific features of dreamt pieces. Thirty-five professional musicians and thirty non-musicians filled out a questionnaire about the characteristics of their musical activity and a structured dream log on the awakening for 30 consecutive days. Musicians dream of music more than twice with respect to non-musicians; musical dreams frequency is related to the age of commencement of musical instruction, but not to the daily load of musical activity. Nearly half of the recalled music was non-standard, suggesting that original music can be created in dreams. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dreaming; dream content; sleep; music; musicians; creativity
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.09.003
Source：CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
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