Theory of localization of brain function

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Author: Dr. Semir Zeki, Laboratory of Neurobiology, University College London, UK

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Dr. Semir Zeki accepted the invitation on 7 March 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 7 September 2008).

This article will briefly cover: history of functional localization, disputes about, discovery of functional specialization in the visual brain, the projection of this into time, the issues that specialization raises and a philosophical summary

Suggested by: Mr. Abdellatif Nemri, Department of biological sciences, University of Montreal, Canada
Invited by: Dr. Eugene M. Izhikevich, Editor-in-Chief of Scholarpedia, the peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia
Assistant editor: Mr. Abdellatif Nemri, Department of biological sciences, University of Montreal, Canada
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