"Neurohype" and the name game: Who's to blame?

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 13-15

  Caulfield, Timothy ^a   Rachul, Christen ^a   Zarzeczny, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 79958838785     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507741003699355     Document Type: Note

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