Neural transmission-errors, cerebral arousability and hemisphericity: Some relations with intelligence and personality

Kybernetes

Volumn 28, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 695-725

  Fidelman, Uri ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemispheres; Cybernetics; Intelligence; Neural transmission; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033247593     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684929910282962     Document Type: Article

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