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Brain Criticism Contours Marie Jean Pierre Flourens Training French

Marie-Jean Pierre Flourens, a French physician, identified six CNS units and discovered brain plasticity, criticizing phrenology by noting skull and brain contours differ.

Marie-Jean Pierre Flourens, a French physician, identified six units of the central nervous system and discovered brain plasticity after damage. He criticized phrenology, stating skull contours do not match brain contours.

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Training: French Physician

Accomplishments:
Believed in 6 units of central nervous system to be studied (Cerebral hemisphere, cerebellum, copora quadigemina, medulla oblongata, spinal cord, nerves
discovered specific actions “Action commune”
plasticity of the brain after damage

Criticism by others: he was considered wildly unethical; no anesthesia used in animal research 
Criticism by him:  criticized phrenology; stated contours of skull do not correspond to the contours of the brain
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