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Some Ethical Considerations of Cerebellar Stimulation as an Innovative Therapy in Humans

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The Cerebellum, Epilepsy, and Behavior

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Since words like “ethics” and “morals” are heir to many variant interpretations and meanings, I want to begin with a kind of apologia pro vita sua which will at least indicate what I understand myself to be doing in this paper.

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Smith, H.C. (1974). Some Ethical Considerations of Cerebellar Stimulation as an Innovative Therapy in Humans. In: Cooper, I.S., Riklan, M., Snider, R.S. (eds) The Cerebellum, Epilepsy, and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4508-4_14

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