Using neuroimaging to resolve the psi debate

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-192

  Moulton, Samuel T ^a,b   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 844 William James Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 38049001978     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20009     Document Type: Article

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