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Persinger, Michael A

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Personal name headingPersinger, Michael A.
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Associated countryCanada
Birth date1945-06-26
Death date2018-08-14
Place of birthJacksonville (Fla.)
Place of deathSudbury (Ont.)
Field of activityPsychology, Religious
AffiliationUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus) University of Manitoba
Laurentian University of Sudbury
Profession or occupationPsychology teachers College teachers
Found inHis Neuropsychological bases of God beliefs, 1987: CIP t.p. (Michael A. Persinger)
LC data base, 4/29/87 (hdg.: Persinger, Michael A.)
CBC News web site, viewed 19 October 2018 ([dateline 15 August 2018] Michael Persinger, a professor known internationally for his advanced research on the human brain, has died; a professor at Laurentian University since 1971; known for research about "the God helmet," in which a person's temporal lobes were stimulated to replicate the feeling of having another presence in the room)
Wikipedia, viewed 19 October 2018: Michael Persinger (born June 26, 1945, Jacksonville, Florida; graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1967, earned an M.A. in physiological psychology from the University of Tennessee in 1969, and a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1971; professor of psychology at Laurentian University from 1971 to 2018; died August 14, 2018, Sudbury, Ontario)
Amicus database, 19 October 2018 (authorized access point (0057D8351): Persinger, Michael A.)