Neurobiology and clinical implications of lucid dreaming
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Neurobiology and clinical implications of lucid dreaming.
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Hypotheses
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0306-9877
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.04.049