Music and Peak Experiences: An Empirical Study

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-224

  Lowis, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altered states of consciousness; Arousal; Evoked memories; Music; Peak experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007708887     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.46469/mq.1998.39.2.4     Document Type: Article

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