The frontal cortex and the criminal justice system
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The frontal cortex and the criminal justice system.
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0962-8436,1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1547