A qualitative analysis of sensory phenomena induced by perceptual deprivation

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-112

  Lloyd, Donna M ^a   Lewis, Elizabeth ^a   Payne, Jacob ^a   Wilson, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory; Ganzfeld; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Misperception; Perceptual deprivation; Visual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857686840     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-011-9233-z     Document Type: Article

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