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Editorial commentary
Cognitive neuroscience and brain rehabilitation: a promise kept
  1. I H Robertson
  1. Department of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland; ian.robertson@tcd.ie

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.73.4.357

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