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. 2010 Jul;14(7):291-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.04.005. Epub 2010 May 22.

Neuroscience and the correct level of explanation for understanding mind. An extraterrestrial roams through some neuroscience laboratories and concludes earthlings are not grasping how best to understand the mind-brain interface

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Neuroscience and the correct level of explanation for understanding mind. An extraterrestrial roams through some neuroscience laboratories and concludes earthlings are not grasping how best to understand the mind-brain interface

Michael S Gazzaniga. Trends Cogn Sci. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

An extraterrestrial roams through some neuroscience labs and concludes earthlings are not grasping how best to understand the mind/brain interface

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