It was predicted that diary and questionnaire measures of dream recall would be greater for long than for short sleep time. Total sleep time was a significant predictor variable for dream recall for males only. Results for females were in the predicted direction but consistently nonsignificant. This study confirms previously published findings on the significance of total sleep time for males but raises the question of sex differences in determinants of dream recall.
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