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The foremost objective of the brain sciences is, of course, to determine the relation between mind and brain. Our particular approach to the problem focuses on the neurological and psychological consequences of disrupting the dynamics of interhemispheric interactions, and in this first chapter we will briefly consider the historical antecedents of our current studies of the split brain.
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Gazzaniga, M.S., LeDoux, J.E. (1978). The Split Brain and the Integrated Mind. In: The Integrated Mind. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2206-9_1
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