Was it a vision or a waking dream?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Carhart Harris, Robin ^a   Nutt, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Default mode network; Dreaming; Hallucinogens; Posterior cingulate cortex; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899679745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00255     Document Type: Note

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