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Boyd, J.H. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves. By Sharon Begley. 283 pp. Balantine Books, New York, 2008. $14.95. J Relig Health 48, 259–262 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-008-9216-8
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