Complex partial epileptic signs as a continuum from normals to epileptics: normative data and clinical populations.
@article{Persinger1993ComplexPE, title={Complex partial epileptic signs as a continuum from normals to epileptics: normative data and clinical populations.}, author={Michael A. Persinger and Katherine Makarec}, journal={Journal of clinical psychology}, year={1993}, volume={49 1}, pages={ 33-45 } }
Over a 10-year period, a total of 447 men and 624 women between 18 and 61 years of age were administered an inventory whose items describe experiences that are similar to those evoked by electrical stimulation of the temporal lobes. Empirically determined factors contained experiences of sensory enhancement, affective-dissociation, ego alien intrusions, and literary emphasis. Using this population as a reference, T scores for these clusters were calculated for special normal populations (poets…
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