Neuroscience, Self-Understanding, and Narrative Truth

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 63-74

  Walker, Mary Jean ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

memory; neuroethics; persons; self; truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867315266     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2012.712603     Document Type: Article

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