The cross-cultural evidence on "extreme behaviors": What can it tell us?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1172, Issue , 2009, Pages 270-277

  Jackson, Jean E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Cross cultural body altering practices; Mind body disciplines; Pain behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; TIBETAN MEDICINE;

EID: 69549114570     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04536.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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