HANDEDNESS AND DREAM CONTENT

We tested the hypothesis that dream content would vary as a function o f handedness. Seventy-nine self-reported right-handers and 30 self-rep orted left-handers provided written descriptions of a recent dream. Th ere were no significant differences between handedness groups in mean word length per dream or in mean theme/word ratios. However, compared to dreams reported by right-handers, the dreams of left-handers were c haracterized by a significantly greater number of high imagery words a nd words describing affective states. In addition, left-handers were m ore likely to report that their dreams did not accurately reflect thei r everyday life-experience We conclude that handedness may be an impor tant indicator of dream characteristics.