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Neural Darwinism : the theory of neuronal group selection / Gerald M. Edelman.
Holman Biotech Commons QP376 .E32 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edelman, Gerald M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Evolution.
- Brain.
- Brain--Growth.
- Neural circuitry.
- Natural selection.
- Neurons--physiology.
- Perception--physiology.
- Selection (Genetics).
- Medical Subjects:
- Neurons--physiology.
- Perception--physiology.
- Selection (Genetics).
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 371 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates (folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [1987]
- Summary:
- One of the nation's leading neuroscientists presents a radically new view of the function of the brain and the nervous system. Its central idea is that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution, but operating by different mechanisms. This far-ranging theory of brain functions is bound to stimulate renewed discussion of such philosophical issues as the mind-body problem, the origins of knowledge and the perceptual bases of language. Notes and Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [331]-358.
- ISBN:
- 0465049346 :
- OCLC:
- 16089387
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