Neural Hierarchies and the Self

The Lost Self: Pathologies of the Brain and Identity

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Feinberg, Todd E ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentional actions; Meaning; Neural hierarchy; Purpose; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195173413.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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