Dualism persists in the science of mind

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1157, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-9

  Demertzi, Athena ^a   Liew, Charlene ^b   Ledoux, Didier ^a   Bruno, Marie Aurélie ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^c   Laureys, Steven ^a   Zeman, Adam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Dualism; Health care professionals; Materialism; Neuroscience; Religiosity; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 63849154856     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04117.x     Document Type: Article

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