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The Temporal Lobes: An Approach to the Study of Organic Behavioral Changes

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Neuropsychology

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From a clinical perspective, alterations in the emotions or behavior of an individual primarily present a problem in differential diagnosis. For this reason, a simple rule or generalization has long been sought to distinguish behavioral syndromes of organic causation from functional—idiopathic or learned—psychiatric disorders.

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Bear, D.M. (1979). The Temporal Lobes: An Approach to the Study of Organic Behavioral Changes. In: Gazzaniga, M.S. (eds) Neuropsychology. Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3944-1_4

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