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Deconstructing neural constructivism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns
Affiliation:
The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John J. Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 [email protected] www.nsi.edu
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Abstract

Activity-dependent processes play an active role in shaping the structure of neuronal circuitry and therefore contribute to neural and cognitive development. Neural constructivism claims to be able to account for increases in the complexity of cognitive representations in terms of directed growth of neurons. This claim is overstated, rests on biased nterpretations of the evidence, and is based on serious misapprehensions of the nature of somatic variation and selection.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 576 - 577
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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