NEURAL EDELMANISM
NEURAL EDELMANISM
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DOI：
10.1016/0166-2236(89)90019-2
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发表时间：
1989-07-01
影响因子：
15.9
通讯作者：
CRICK, F
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作者：
CRICK, F
杰拉尔德·埃德尔曼(Gerald Edelman)最近出版的新书《神经达尔文主义》(ND)声称，他对大脑和神经系统的功能提出了一个全新的观点。它的主要关注点是对感知的生物学基础的理解。这一新观点是基于埃德尔曼所说的《神经元群选择理论》，也就是他的书的副标题。尽管埃德尔曼对这一新理论进行了冗长而充满活力的描述，但大多数读者似乎很难理解他的观点，许多人抱怨这本书不容易读。要将埃德尔曼的想法与那些已经流行和知名的想法联系起来尤其困难，特别是因为埃德尔曼本人在这个话题上几乎没有说什么。
The recent book Neural Darwinism (ND) by Gerald Edelman 1, claims to put forward'a radically new view of the function of the brain and nervous system'. Its main focus is on the understanding of the biological basis of perception. This new view is based on what Edelman calls' The Theory of Neuronal Group Selection', the subtitle of his book.In spite of Edelman's lengthy and spirited account of this new theory, most readers appear to have had some difficulty in grasping his ideas and many ha ve complained that the book is not easy to read. It has been particularly difficult to relate Edelman's ideas to those already current and well-known, especially as Edelman himseff says rather little on this topic.