Experimental induction of the "sensed presence" in normal subjects and an exceptional subject

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 683-693

  Cook, C M ^a   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAGNETISM; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAGNETICS; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUALISM; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031255147     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.2.683     Document Type: Article

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