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Asymmetries of the Brain—New Developments

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  1. Harvard Medical School Neurological Unit, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    Norman Geschwind M.D. (James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology)

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Dr. Geschwind is actively involved in the School of Health Sciences and Technology, a joint activity of the Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in which he holds the post of Professor of Psychology. This paper is based on a Topic Session conducted by Dr. Geschwind at the 29th Annual Conference of the Orton Society, Minneapolis, 1978. Some of the work reported there was carried out under the following grants: NINCDS 06209 (to Aphasia Research Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine) and NSF BNS 77-05674 (to Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts).

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Geschwind, N. Asymmetries of the Brain—New Developments. Bulletin of the Orton Society 29, 65–73 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02653734

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