Psychophysiological responding during script-driven imagery in people reporting abduction by space aliens

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 493-497

  McNally, Richard J ^a,e   Lasko, Natasha B ^b,c,d   Clancy, Susan A ^a   Macklin, Michael L ^b   Pitman, Roger K ^c,d   Orr, Scott P ^b,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 3142758659     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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