Sperry and the age of aquarius: Science, values and the split brain

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1083-1087

  Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brain function; Consciousness; Dualism; Materialism; Split brain

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SPLIT BRAIN;

EID: 0031793596     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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