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After phrenology: neural reuse and the interactive brain

After phrenology: neural reuse and the interactive brain

The computer analogy of the mind has been as widely adopted in contemporary cognitive neuroscience as was the analogy of the brain as a collection of organs in phrenology. Just as the phrenologist would insist that each organ must have its particular function, so contemporary cognitive neuroscience is committed to the notion that each brain region must have its fundamental computation. In After Phrenology, Michael Anderson argues that to achieve a fully post-phrenological science of the brain, we need to reassess this commitment and devise an alternate, neuroscientifically grounded taxonomy of mental function.

Author(s)

Anderson, Michael L.

Book Publisher

MIT Press

Publisher Location

Cambridge MA

Published Year
2014