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Functional Brain Mapping – What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing? (Comments on The New Phrenology, by William R. Uttal)

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Avison, M.J. Functional Brain Mapping – What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing? (Comments on The New Phrenology, by William R. Uttal). Brain and Mind 3, 367–373 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022958426342

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