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On holy cows and golden calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

H. M. van Praag*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, and the Brain and Behavior Research Institute, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
*
H. M. van Praag, Scientific Adviser to the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, and the Brain and Behaviour Research Institute, P.O. Box 580, Maastricht University, 6202A2 Maastricht, the Netherlands

Abstract

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 Blackwell Munksgaard

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