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Altered States of Awareness: Readings from Scientific American

Preface-Teyler

Brain & Awareness Introduction-Teyler

The Electrical Activity of the Brain-Walter

The Analysis of Brain Waves-Brazier

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The Reticular Formation-French

The Physiology of Imagination-Eccles

Altered States of Awareness Internal Control Introduction-Teyler

Patterns of Dreaming-Kleitman

The States of Sleep-Jouvet

The Pathology of Boredom-Heron

On Telling Left from Right-Corballis & Beale

Learning in the Autonomic Nervous System-Dicarla

Altered States of Awareness External Control Introduction-Teyler

Marihuana-Grinspoon

The Hallucinogenic Drugs-Barron, Jarvik, Bunnell

Experiments with Goggles-Kohler

The Split Brain in Man-Gazzaniga

The Physiology of Meditation-Wallace & Benson

Bibliography

Index

Audience
adult
Length
short · 148 pages

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