Psychological and physiological characteristics of a proposed object-referral/self-referral continuum of self-awareness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-420

  Travis, Frederick ^a   Arenander, Alarik ^a,b   DuBois, David ^c  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b Brain Research Institute   (United States)

^c Psycholological Syst and Res Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; WALKING;

EID: 2342535781     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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