Brain Science of Ethics: Present Status and the Future

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 188-195

  Aoki, Ryuta ^a,b   Funane, Tsukasa ^c   Koizumi, Hideaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 78449239973     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2010.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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