The spiritual brain: selective cortical lesions modulate human self-transcendence.

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Published in Neuron on February 11, 2010

Authors

Cosimo Urgesi1, Salvatore M Aglioti, Miran Skrap, Franco Fabbro

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università di Udine, via Margreth, 3, I-33100, Udine, Italy. cosimo.urgesi@uniud.it

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