Dream Recall

DREAM RECALL FREQUENCY AND DREAM DETAIL BY PERSONALITY, BEHAVIOR, AND ATTITUDE DREAMING Dream Recall 1 Many studies of dreams investigated how personality, behavior, and attitude mediate dream recall, but few distinguish between measures of dream recall frequency: the number of dreams experienced in a specified time frame and dream detail: individual ratings of vividness or detailed content of dreams. This study was given to undergraduates’; dream recall frequency and dream detail manifested different patterns of association …

…show different patterns in combination with measures of personality, behavior, and attitude toward dreaming. Behaviors associated with dreaming, such as writing down dreams would be associated with dream recall frequency, more than dream detail, but a more positive attitude about dreaming would be related to dream detail rather than dream recall frequency. When personality was considered, males would differ from females on measures of dream recall frequency, dream detail, attitude, and behaviors associated with dreaming.