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We have all experienced a 'gut reaction' or acted 'on a hunch' – we've used our intuition.
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著者:Denis Le Bihan
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2014年11月30日
The remarkable story of how today's brain scanning techniques were developed, told by one of the field's pioneers
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著者:Paul Seabright
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2012年04月09日
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著者:Leslie Valiant
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2024年04月16日
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