Research Article

The Psychotomimetic Nature of Dreams: An Experimental Study

Table 1

Means and standard deviations of PSI and subscales.

Dream-natural waking (NW)Dream-sleeptracker (ST)Awake-daytime (AD)Pairwise comparisons

PSI Total ** 27.3 (16.9)33.1 (21.8)18.5 (14.2)NW = ST > AD
Delusional thinking**3.2 (2.9)5.9 (5.4)2.1 (2.3)ST > AD
Perceptual distortions*3.4 (4.1)3.6 (4.3)1.5 (2.1)NW = ST > AD
Cognitive Disorganization5.9 (5.1)8.2 (6.4)6.7 (5.3)ā€”
Anhedonia*6.5 (3.2)6.0 (3.8)3.0 (3.0)NW > AD
Mania*5.9 (3.8)5.9 (2.9)4.3 (3.1)NW = ST > AD
Paranoia**4.7 (4.4)4.4 (4.7)1.4 (1.8)NW=ST>AD

* , ** RM-ANOVA, and pairwise comparisons Bonferroni corrected.