Relative suppression of magical thinking: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-557

  Bell, Vaughan ^a,d   Reddy, Venu ^b   Halligan, Peter ^a   Kirov, George ^c   Ellis, Hadyn ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Delusion; Inhibition; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MAGIC; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL BELIEF; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34250679273     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70249-1     Document Type: Article

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