What brain plasticity reveals about the nature of consciousness: Commentary

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Frith, Chris D ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860894815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00087     Document Type: Note

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