Alkmaion's discovery that brain creates mind: A revolution in human knowledge comparable to that of Copernicus and of Darwin

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 561-568

  Doty, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral ventricles; Greece; Hippocrates; history; mind; philosophy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; HUMANITIES; INTELLIGENCE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BRAIN; GREECE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 34250821602     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.02.046     Document Type: Review

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