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One of the central hypotheses in modern neuroscience is that all behavior is generated by the brain. It forms our perceptions from physical properties of our environment and controls our reactions and actions. It is the source of spontaneous thoughts and meanings, and it provides us with consciousness, imagination and emotions. Many generations of neuroscientists have devoted their careers to the goal of revealing the mechanisms, by which these complex aspects of behavior emerge from the anatomical and physiological properties of the brain. Although all these efforts have led to considerable progress in many disciplines of neuroscience, we are still far from even catching a glimpse on many of the principles of brain function.
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Stetter, M. (2002). Introduction. In: Exploration of Cortical Function. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0430-5_1
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