Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 285-286 , 15 April 2007

Love and brain: From mereological fallacy to “folk” neuroimaging

  • Paolo Fusar-Poli

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Applied and Psychobehavioural Health Sciences, University of Pavia, via Bassi 21, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Tel.: +39 349 6053229; fax: +39 0374 78067.
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  • M.R. Broome

Received 6 October 2006 ,Revised 2 November 2006 ,Accepted 6 November 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00196-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.11.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 285-286 , 15 April 2007

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