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Chapter 3 of 10

How function is distributed

Networks, not boxes.

Not modules

Most abilities involve networks spanning several regions. Phrenology-style maps assigning one trait to one lump were wrong, and simplified diagrams still encourage that reading.

  • Language is unusually localised, mostly in the left hemisphere.
  • Damage studies show which regions are necessary, not what they do alone.

Lateralisation

The hemispheres differ, and both work on nearly every task. The idea of creative right-brained and logical left-brained people has no support.