Monotonous percussion drumming and trance postures: A controlled evaluation of phenomenological effects

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 69-87

  Woodside, Lisa N ^a   Kumar, V K ^a   Pekala, Ronald J ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0006684978     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ac.1997.8.2-3.69     Document Type: Article

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