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Weird Brain Myths from History!

2015-04-23

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Some ideas about the brain that seem weird now–They also shaped modern neuroscience.

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Main references:

This is an awesome book: Catani, M., & Sandrone, S. (2015). Brain Renaissance: From Vesalius to Modern Neuroscience. Oxford University Press. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0199383855

Cowan, W.M.; Harter, D.H.; Kandel, E.R. (2000). "The emergence of modern neuroscience: Some implications for neurology and psychiatry". Annual Review of Neuroscience 23: 345–346. http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.343

Huffman, Carl, "Alcmaeon", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2013/entries/alcmaeon/

Lokhorst, Gert-Jan, "Descartes and the Pineal Gland", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2014/entries/pineal-gland/

Single neuron image: Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman, 2009.