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The neural mechanisms involved in learning have always excited great interest, but such are the complexities which surround their study that their analysis seemed virtually impossible. In recent years, however, there has been a great increase in knowledge of the central nervous system (CNS), and many new techniques have become available for its study. These advances have generated an upsurge of research activity into the neural bases of learning, and the field has become one of the most exciting in biology.
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Horn, G., Rose, S.P.R., Bateson, P.P.G. (1979). Experience and Plasticity in the Central Nervous System. In: Russell, I.S., van Hof, M.W., Berlucchi, G. (eds) Structure and Function of Cerebral Commissures. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03645-5_9
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