Near-Death Experiences and the Temporal Lobe

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 254-258

  Britton, Willoughby B ^a,b   Bootzin, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RELIGION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 2042544744     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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