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  1. Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    James. W. B. Elsey & Linos Vossoughi

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Elsey, J.W.B., Vossoughi, L. (2019). Psychedelic Drugs and Personality. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2306-1

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