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At the outset of the Workshop (of which this volume is the record), it was pointed out that the Workshop itself was, in current parlance, a sort of transient “Think-tank”, meaning an establishment or institute temporarily housing the “thinkers”-the participants. It is interesting that this expression evolved from the term “think-tank” signifying head or cranium. This quotation can be taken as an example of the earlier meaning:
“… a roscoe said: ‘Whr-r-rang!’ and a lead pill split the ozone past my noggin… Neon lights exploded inside my think-tank..Kane Fewster was on the floor. There was a bullet hole through his think-tank.” (Perelman, 1951).
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Glass, A. (1987). Introduction. In: Glass, A. (eds) Individual Differences in Hemispheric Specialization. NATO ASI Series, vol 130. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7899-0_1
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