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. 2022 Mar 22;17(3):e0264574. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264574

Table 3. Co-occurrence of waking sources by category.

Primary Source Secondary Source(s)
Past Episode Future Episode General Past General Future
N % 95% CI N % 95% CI N % 95% CI N % 95% CI
Past Episode 19 9.5% [5.8% 14.4%] 36 18.0% [12.9% 24.0%] 99 49.5% [42.4% 56.6%] 33 16.5% [11.6% 22.4%]
Future Episode 36 37.5% [27.8% 48.0%] 5 5.2% [1.7% 11.7%] 29 30.2% [21.3% 40.4%] 44 45.8% [35.6% 56.3%]
General Past 99 60.4% [52.4% 67.9%] 29 17.7% [12.2% 24.4%] 0 0.0% [0.0% 2.2%] 33 20.1% [14.3% 27.1%]
General Future 33 42.3% [31.2% 54.0%] 44 56.4% [44.7% 67.6%] 33 42.3% [31.2% 54.0%] 0 0.0% [0.0% 4.6%]

Note. For dreams containing each category of waking source, the number and % of dreams that were additionally traced to a second source in the same or a different category. There were a total of 200 reports with at least one past episodic source, 96 reports with at least one future episodic source, 164 reports with at least one general past source, and 78 reports with at least one general future source