THE FRAGILITY OF THE LOCALITY ASSUMPTION - COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE

Authors
BENSON PJ
Citation
Pj. Benson, THE FRAGILITY OF THE LOCALITY ASSUMPTION - COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE, Behavioral and brain sciences, 20(3), 1997, pp. 515
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1997)20:3<515:TFOTLA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The locality assumption (LA) seems rather awkward, especially when one considers centres of neuronal specialisation as defined by observed C NS activity. It is clear from electrophysiology that extra-striate fun ctional compartmentalisation (modularity) is rather less well-defined than first thought; neuropsychological assessment attaching significan ce to varieties of preserved behaviour also reveals that some basic fl aws must be inherent in current reasoning supporting LA.