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The brain is not a simple seesaw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Stuart J. Dimond
Stuart J. Dimond
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Department of Psychology, University College, Cardiff CFI 1XL, Wales, U.K.
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1983 , pp. 172 - 173
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