Modern Research Into Issues Relevant to Canonics

Issues relating to modern research will appear throughout the other forums, but this subforum is specifically devoted to modern researchers whose work is relevant to modern scientific perspectives on issues related to "canonics," including brain functions, rather than primarily philosophical in nature.

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