How much brain does a mind need? Scientific, clinical, and educational implications of ecological plasticity

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 352-357

  Lebeer, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031955281     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15389.x     Document Type: Review

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