Localization of brain function: The legacy of Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828)

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue , 1995, Pages 359-383

  Zola Morgan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; craniology; organology; phrenology; soul

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0028922415     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ne.18.030195.002043     Document Type: Review

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