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The Living Brain (Paperback)

by W. Grey Walter (Author)
Key Phrases: learning box, mirror for the brain, alpha rhythms, Black Box, The Russian, Claude Bernard (more...)

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Paperback: 311 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. (May 17, 1963)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393001539
ISBN-13: 978-0393001532
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.9 inches
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