In:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Wiley, Vol. 929, No. 1 ( 2001-04), p. 11-40
Abstract:
A bstract : One hundred years after Santiago Ramón y Cajal provided critical evidence for the “neuron doctrine,” his cellular view of the brain remains the basis of modern neural science. This article begins with a review of how the early work of Ramón y Cajal, Charles Sherrington, and John Eccles and their contemporaries laid the groundwork for our current understanding of the information processing of neural systems and for understanding the task faced by studies of how the brain develops. The visual system is examined in some detail as a model for experimental investigation into the structure, operational mechanisms, and functions of large neural systems. Discussion of the phenomena of visual awareness and consciousness, links between the visual system and other brain systems, and disorders that disrupt voluntary control of cognition and emotion lead to a broader consideration of the problem of consciousness.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0077-8923
,
1749-6632
DOI:
10.1111/nyas.2001.929.issue-1
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb05704.x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2001
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2834079-6
detail.hit.zdb_id:
211003-9
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2071584-5
SSG:
11
