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“By brain is meant, in the first instance, something more than the pink-grey jelly of the anatomist. It is, even to a scientist, the organ of imagination.”

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William Grey Walter
William Grey Walter

William Grey Walter was a neurophysiologist born on February 19, 1910, and died on May 6, 1977. His research in the field of neuroscience had a profound impact on understanding brain function. more

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