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The lack of a case for mental duality

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Commentary onPuccettiRoland (1981) The case for mental duality: Evidence from split-brain data and other considerations. BBS 4:93–123.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Georges Rey
Georges Rey
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Humanities Division, State University of New York, College at Purchase, Purchase, N.Y. 10577
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 1983 , pp. 733 - 734
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