Dissociative alterations in body image among individuals reporting out-of-body experiences: A conceptual replication

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-80

  Terhune, Devin Blair ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUGGESTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUGGESTION;

EID: 33751027448     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.1.76-80     Document Type: Article

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