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NEUROBEHAVIORAL AND NEUROMETABOLIC (SPECT) CORRELATES OF PARANORMAL INFORMATION: INVOLVEMENT OF THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE AND ITS SENSITIVITY TO WEAK COMPLEX MAGNETIC FIELDS

W. G. ROLL State University of West Georgia Carrollton, Georgia, USA
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M. A. PERSINGER Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory Department of Psychology Laurentian University Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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D. L. WEBSTER Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine Sudbury General Hospital Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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S. G. TILLER Rainbow District School Board
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C. M. COOK Lawson Research Institute University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada
Pages 197-224 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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