title: Neurology and the soul: from the origins until 1500.
abstract: The mind-brain dichotomy recalls the soul-body duality and the tendency to individualize in the nervous system a location for the soul. In this paper, the author analyses some of the principal theories which attribute the soul to a cerebral location, from the origins until the year 1500.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cassano
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history