The Causal Role of the Right Hemisphere in Self-Awareness: It is the Brain that is Selective

@article{Keenan2007TheCR,
  title={The Causal Role of the Right Hemisphere in Self-Awareness: It is the Brain that is Selective},
  author={Julian Paul Keenan and Jamie L. Gorman},
  journal={Cortex},
  year={2007},
  volume={43},
  pages={1074-1082}
}
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