Early adopters of the magical thinking cap: A study on do-it-yourself (DIY) transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) user community

Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 292-335

  Jwa, Anita ^a  

^a STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 85054984639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20539711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jlb/lsv017     Document Type: Article

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