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Music and the brain: A heartland of psychiatry?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Cox*
Affiliation:
Keele University, UK; Royal College of Psychiatrists; Former Secretary General, World Psychiatric Association, email john1.cox@virgin.net
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