The transliminal brain at rest: Baseline EEG, unusual experiences, and access to unconscious mental activity

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1353-1363

  Fleck, Jessica I ^a   Green, Deborah L ^b   Stevenson, Jennifer L ^d   Payne, Lisa ^b   Bowden, Edward M ^c   Jung Beeman, Mark ^c   Kounios, John ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline EEG; Hemispheric asymmetry; Paranormal beliefs; Schizotypy; Transliminality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL BELIEF; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 55349095077     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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