Felt presence: The uncanny encounters with the numinous Other

AI and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-178

  Solomonova, Elizaveta ^a   Frantova, Elena ^b   Nielsen, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dwelling; Felt presence; Intersubjectivity; Religious experiences; Self estrangement; Sleep paralysis; The other

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955745791     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-010-0299-x     Document Type: Article

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