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Caption: Andrew Newberg, MD, director of Research at the Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is a nationally-recognized expert on spirituality and the brain. His recent research analyzed the cerebral blood flow of Brazilian mediums during the practice of psychography, a form of writing whereby a deceased person or spirit is believed to write through the medium's hand.
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