The five mysteries of the mind, and their consequences

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1069-1076

  Doty, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Free will; Memory; Philosophy; Split brain

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; RECALL; REVIEW; SPLIT BRAIN; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0031771361     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00060-8     Document Type: Article

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