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Hemispheric asymmetry: What, why, and at what cost?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2010

STEPHEN E. NADEAU*
Affiliation:
The Neurology Service and the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
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*Correspondence and reprint requests to: Stephen E. Nadeau, Neurology (127), Malcom Randall DVA Medical Center, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL. 32608-1197. E-mail snadeau@ufl.edu

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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2010

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