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Science 15 June 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5831, pp. 1578 - 1579
DOI: 10.1126/science.1144677
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Neural Networks Debunk Phrenology

Robert T. Knight

Intracortical recordings reveal that distinct regions of the mammalian brain must synchronize their activity to support certain behaviors.

The author is in the Department of Psychology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3190, USA. E-mail: rtknight{at}berkeley.edu

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