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The study of the brain is tied to self-reflective sensibilities (e.g. “who am I?”). Humans have been cogitating on the brain for a long time, perhaps beginning in North Africa. In the broader ambiance of the ancient Near East (e.g. the Sumerians), where some of the first examples of writing and complex civilizations seem to have emerged, the Egyptians focused some study on the brain. We know this because of the use of the papyrus plant, which grows near the Nile region (Gross, 1990) and which the Egyptians used to make writing materials.
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Schulkin, J. (2015). Introduction: Beginnings: Foraging and Neuroscience. In: Pragmatism and the Search for Coherence in Neuroscience. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137526731_1
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