Plastic reason: an anthropology of brain science in embryogenetic terms
Auteur :
Rees, Tobias
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520288126
Date de publication :
3 mai 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,4 cm
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Throughout the twentieth century, neuronal researchers knew the adult human brain to be a thoroughly fixed and immutable cellular structure, devoid of any developmental potential. This is a study of the efforts of a few Parisian neurobiologists to overturn this rigid conception of the central nervous system.