Evolution of human brain functions: The functional structure of human consciousness

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 994-1006

  Cloninger, C Robert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Emotionality; Human characteristics; Personality; Thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONALITY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; SEXUALITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; THINKING;

EID: 70449331489     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903270506     Document Type: Article

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