Out of the body, but not out of mind

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-140

  Brugger, Peter ^a   Mohr, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDITORIAL; HALLUCINATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METAPHYSICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 58149458844     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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