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Cortical development: A progressive and selective mesh, with or without constructivism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Henry Kennedy
Affiliation:
INSERM U371 Cerveau et Vision, 69675 Bron, Francekennedy@lyon151.inserm.fr
Colette Dehay
Affiliation:
INSERM U371 Cerveau et Vision, 69675 Bron, Francekennedy@lyon151.inserm.fr

Abstract

A credible account of the neurobiology underlying cognitive development cannot afford to ignore the recently demonstrated innate regionalisation of the neocortex as well as the ontogeny of corticocortical phenomena, only for the latter does the timing of development permit control by external events and this is most likely to occur at later stages in the fine tuning of cortical microcircuitry.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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