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The brain and the split brain: A duel with duality as a model of mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Joseph E. LeDoux  and
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Joseph E. LeDoux
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Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y. 10021
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Affiliation:
Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y. 10021
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 109 - 110
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