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.
| Front | Marie-Jean Pierre Flourens |
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| Back | 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 Systems: N/A |
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