Positive associations among dichotic listening errors, complex partial epileptic-like signs, and paranormal beliefs

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 663-667

  Skirda, Ross J ^a,b   Persinger, Michael A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0027728182     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199311000-00002     Document Type: Article

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