The "quantum soul": A scientific hypothesis

Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-93

  Hameroff, Stuart ^a   Chopra, Deepak ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gallup Inc   (United States)

^e The Chopra Foundation   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0647-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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