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Disorders of Social Conduct Following Damage to Prefrontal Cortices

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Damasio, H. (2005). Disorders of Social Conduct Following Damage to Prefrontal Cortices. In: Changeux, JP., Damasio, A.R., Singer, W., Christen, Y. (eds) Neurobiology of Human Values. Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29803-7_4

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