Petrol Sniffing, The Brain, and Aboriginal Culture. Between Sorcery and Neuroscience

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 225-243

  Cairney, S ^a   Maruff, P ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CogState Ltd ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 54049142978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373734-2/50017-0     Document Type: Chapter

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