The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive task of meditation: a preliminary SPECT study
@article{Newberg2001TheMO, title={The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive task of meditation: a preliminary SPECT study}, author={Andrew B. Newberg and Abass Alavi and Michael J. Baime and Michael Pourdehnad and Jill Santanna and Eugene G. D'aquili}, journal={Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging}, year={2001}, volume={106}, pages={113-122} }
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