Francisco de Castro: Localizationism, intelligence and the frontal lobe

This article addresses the largely unknown legacy of Francisco de Castro regarding the neurological sciences. His essay "Psychogenic Cortical Centers", written in 1881 for his admission to the Imperial Academy of Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, is a refined appreciation of the theory of locali...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Pedro Sudbrack, Engelhardt, Eliasz, Gomes, Marleide da Mota
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2017
Materias:
History Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-030013
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Sumario:This article addresses the largely unknown legacy of Francisco de Castro regarding the neurological sciences. His essay "Psychogenic Cortical Centers", written in 1881 for his admission to the Imperial Academy of Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, is a refined appreciation of the theory of localized cortical functions that was in evidence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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