Defending the cavewoman : and other tales of evolutionary neurology / Harold Klawans.
Defending the cavewoman : and other tales of evolutionary neurology / Harold Klawans.
Defending the cavewoman : and other tales of evolutionary neurology / Harold Klawans.
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New York : W.W. Norton, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N616.8/41
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English
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256 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. The Ascent of Cognitive Function. 1. Defending the Cavewoman: The Window of Opportunity for Learning. 2. A Lucy of My Very Own: Locating Handedness and Speech. 3. The Gift of Speech: Frank Morrell and the Treatment of Acquired Epileptic Aphasia. 4. Manganese Miners: Hard Wiring for Movement....
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New York : W.W. Norton, 2000.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2000.
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"Dr. Harold Klawans examines people ranging from the woman suffering from "painful foot and moving toe syndrome," whose case reminds him that we were once reptiles with brains at the bases of our spines, to the farmer from Indiana who didn't have mad cow disease, but something similar, caused by a protein-like pathogen that man himself has helped n...
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Defending the cavewoman : and other tales of evolutionary neurology / Harold Klawans.
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Includes index.
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N616.8/41
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74VvW0bEwr6y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvW0bEwr6y
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0393321843
9780393048315
0393048314
9780393321845(pbk.) :
0393321843(pbk.) :
9780393321845
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616.8
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991012095319702626
