Phantom penises in transsexuals: Evidence of an innate gender-specific body image in the brain

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-16

  Ramachandran, V S ^a   McGeoch, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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