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The Idea of the Brain: A History / The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience
我們對Alcmaeon of Croton的生平知之甚少:我們可以非常確定他來自意大利最南部的沿海城市Croton(今Crotone內),父親名叫Peirithous。 他可能是Pythagoras的學生。 我們不知道他什麼時候出生,什麼時候去世; 只是他活躍於公元前 5 世紀。 但我們知道他對人體著迷,並願意挑戰他那個時代的一些既定教條。 特別是,他可能是第一個斷言大腦——而不是心臟——是思想所在的人。 至少,他似乎已經認識到了這個驚人器官的重要性。 在“The Idea of the Brain: A History / The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience”一書中,Manchester大學的生物學家Matthew Cobb展示了理解大腦的道路是多麼漫長和艱辛——而且,正如他明確指出的那樣, 旅程才剛剛開始。 我們經常被告知,大腦是已知宇宙中最複雜的實體。 雖然我們推測大腦是讓我們思考、感受、感知和知道的東西,但它是如何實現這一點的還遠不清楚。 一個很好的比喻可能會有所幫助,只要我們能抓住正確的比喻:大腦就像一個複雜的電路、電話總機、數字計算機或神經網絡嗎? 或者以上都不是? 當科布講述從古希臘到現代的歷史時,他坦率地分析了這些類比在哪些方面有用,哪些方面存在不足。 在他 1849 年出版的 … Continue reading
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