Self unbound: ego dissolution in psychedelic experience
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Ego-Dissolution and Psychedelics: Validation of the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI)
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neuroscience of Consciousness
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2057-2107
DOI: 10.1093/nc/nix016