Alien abduction experiences: Some clues from neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-178

  Holden, Katharine J ^a   French, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALIEN ABDUCTION EXPERIENCE; AMNESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DREAM; EXPERIENCE; FLYING; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; SPACE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0036685343     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800244000058     Document Type: Review

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