Famous Russian brains: Historical attempts to understand intelligence

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 583-590

  Vein, Alla A ^a   Maat Schieman, Marion L C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elite brains; Intelligence; Neuroanatomy; Russia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WEIGHT;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RUSSIA;

EID: 38849180075     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm326     Document Type: Article

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