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Fear of heights in Roman antiquity and mythology

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The study was supported by BMBF, IFBLMU and the Hertie Foundation.

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  1. Institute for Clinical Neurosciences and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Doreen Huppert & Thomas Brandt

  2. Institute for Clinical Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    Judy Benson

  3. Institute for Classical Philology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    Benedikt Krammling

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Huppert, D., Benson, J., Krammling, B. et al. Fear of heights in Roman antiquity and mythology. J Neurol 260, 2430–2432 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-7073-1

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