A conceptual contribution to battles in the brain

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 803-821

  Smit, Harry ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Genomic imprinting; Kinship theory; Schizophrenia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

EID: 78649990352     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9195-5     Document Type: Article

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