Under the influence of alcohol the functions of the brain are depressed in a characteristic pattern.
The rationale was research: research into sickness, research into the functions of the brain and research into depression and mental illness.
By testing various brain-stem reflexes, moreover, the functions of the brain stem can be assessed clinically with an ease, thoroughness, and degree of detail not possible for any other part of the central nervous system.
September 18 , 1954Montreal, Canada Steven Pinker, in full Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18 , 1954 Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Canadian-born American psychologist who advocated evolutionary explanations for the functions of the brain and thus for language and behaviour.
Dr. Hubel and Dr. Wiesel concentrated on visual perception, initially experimenting on cats; Dr. Sperry described the functions of the brain's left and right hemispheres.
A major puzzle in neural networks is understanding the information encoding principles that implement the functions of the brain systems.
