Being neurologically human today: Life and science and adult cerebral plasticity (an ethical analysis)

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-166

  Rees, Tobias ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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