The evolutionary biology of self-deception, laughter, dreaming and depression: Some clues from anosognosia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 347-362

  Ramachandran, V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DREAMING; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0029838703     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90215-7     Document Type: Article

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