Mental imagery and the human brain

Progress in Psychological Science around the World. Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues: Congress Proceedings: XVIII International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 195-209

  Kosslyn, Stephen M ^a   Ganis, Giorgio ^a   Thompson, William L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203783122     Document Type: Chapter

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