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“Before brains there was no color or sound in the universe, nor was there any flavor or aroma and probably little sense and no feeling or emotion.”

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Roger Wolcott Sperry

Roger Wolcott Sperry was an American neuroscientist renowned for his research in neuro心理学 and cognitive science. In the 1950s, he proposed the theory of lateralized brain functions, which profoundly influenced the understanding of how the brain processes information. more

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