Our brains are not us

Bioethics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 321-329

  Glannon, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body; Brain; Environment; Mind; Neuroethics; Neuroreductionism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 67049097255     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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