Mind and brain
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Mind and Brain
The human brain is a biological system produced by the evolutionary process, and so cognitive neuroscience is itself a branch of modem evolutionary biology. Accordingly, cognitive neuroscientists can benefit by acquiring a professional knowledge of the recent technical advances made in evolutionary biology and by applying them to their research. Useful tools include the biologically rigorous co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0140-0789,2514-9954
DOI: 10.1192/s014007890002736x