The immersive spatiotemporal hallucination model of dreaming

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-316

  Windt, Jennifer M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altered states of consciousness; Bodily experience; Dreaming; Full body illusions; Hallucination; Self consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953126399     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-010-9163-1     Document Type: Article

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