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“Each of us lives within the universe - the prison - of his own brain. Projecting from it are millions of fragile sensory nerve fibers, in groups uniquely adapted to sample the energetic states of the world around us: heat, light, force, and chemical composition. That is all we ever know of it directly; all else is logical inference.”

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Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle

Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle was a prominent neuroscientist known for his significant contributions to the study of the structure and function of the cerebral cortex, particularly in the visual and motor cortices. His research has had a profound impact on understanding how the brain processes information. more

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