In this special issue of NeuroImage, five leading groups of investigators of human brain function have addressed a key issue of cerebral cortical functional organization, an issue that has been raised and settled in different ways at different times in the history of the brain sciences. The pendulum has swung from localization in the time of Gall and Spurzheim through Fritsch and Hitzig to equipotentiality in the time of Lashley. What is notable about the five sets of studies in this special issue is their focus on both localization issues in the prefrontal cortex and the interaction between noninvasive studies in humans and experimental research at the cellular level traditionally carried out in nonhuman primates. The cooperation between these fields is an extremely positive development providing stimulation and challenge for both fields. Studies in nonhuman primate models benefit from a testing ground for extrapolating findings and theories to the human condition. And conversely, cellular neurophysiology can provide an experimental testing ground for theories of human cognition based on patterns of areal activation under manipulated behavioral conditions. Indeed, the articles in this issue have been forthright
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2000
- Venue
NeuroImage
- Publication date
2000-05-01
- Fields of study
Medicine, Psychology
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Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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