Plastic Reason: An Anthropology of Brain Science in Embryogenetic Terms

Plastic Reason: An Anthropology of Brain Science in Embryogenetic Terms

by Rees (Author)

Synopsis

Throughout the twentieth century, neuronal researchers knew the adult human brain to be a thoroughly fixed and immutable cellular structure, devoid of any developmental potential. This is a study of the efforts of a few Parisian neurobiologists to overturn this rigid conception of the central nervous system.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 348
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 14 Jun 2016

ISBN 10: 0520288130
ISBN 13: 9780520288133