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Local or transcortical assemblies? Some evidence from cognitive neuroscience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Friedemann Pulvermüller
Affiliation:
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensneurobiologie, Universiät Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany. pumue@tuebingen.de
Hubert Preissl
Affiliation:
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensneurobiologie, Universiät Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany. pumue@tuebingen.de

Abstract

Amit defines cell assemblies as local cortical neuron populations with strong internal connections. However, Hebb himself proposed that cell assemblies are distributed over different cortical areas (nonlocal or transcortical assemblies). We review evidence from cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology supporting the assumption that cell assemblies are transcortical.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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