The fire that comes from the eye

Neuroscientist

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-64

  Gross, Charles G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evil eye; Extramission; History of science; Intromission; Staring; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009916290     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849900500108     Document Type: Article

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