Neuroimaging during Trance State: A Contribution to the Study of Dissociation

Julio Fernando Peres; Alexander Moreira-Almeida; Leonardo Caixeta; Frederico Leao; Andrew Newberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049360

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Neuroimaging during Trance State: A Contribution to the Study of Dissociation

Julio Fernando Peres ,

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Affiliations Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, PROSER – Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Alexander Moreira-Almeida,

Affiliation Research Center in Spirituality and Health, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Leonardo Caixeta,

Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Goias, Brazil
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Frederico Leao,

Affiliation PROSER – Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Andrew Newberg

Affiliations Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Neuroimaging during Trance State: A Contribution to the Study of Dissociation

Julio Fernando Peres,
Alexander Moreira-Almeida,
Leonardo Caixeta,
Frederico Leao,
Andrew Newberg

Published: November 16, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049360

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