Organization of the Human Brain
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 245 (4921) , 947-952
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.2672334
Abstract
Examination of structure-function correlates in the human brain reveals that there is a high degree of functional specificity in the information transmitted over neural systems. It also appears that the human brain has a modular organization consisting of identifiable component processes that participate in the generation of a cognitive state. The effects of isolating entire modular systems or of disconnecting the component parts can be observed. The features of a left hemisphere specialized capacity to interpret the actions of modules are discussed in terms of human consciousness.Keywords
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