From chaos to self-organization: The brain, dreaming, and religious experience

Soul, Psyche, Brain: New Directions in the Study of Religion and Brain-Mind Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 138-158

  Kahn, David ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403979230_7     Document Type: Chapter

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