Soul, mind, brain: Greek philosophy and the birth of neuroscience

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Crivellato, Enrico ^a   Ribatti, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexandrine medicine; Aristotle; Cardiocentrism; Encephalocentrism; Galen; Hippocratic medicine; History of neuroscience; Plato; Presocratic philosophers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

BRAIN; GREECE; HEART; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 33845950383     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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