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The neurobiology of cognition

Nature volume 402, pages C35–C38 (1999)Cite this article

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Perhaps the deepest mysteries facing the natural sciences concern the higher functions of the central nervous system. Understanding how the brain gives rise to mental experiences looms as one of the central challenges for science in the new millennium.

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Photograph by David G. Muir.

Figure 2: Localization of mental functions.

Imaging data assembled by C. J. Doane.

Figure 3: Illustration of the representational and microcircuit levels of analysis.

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