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Outside back cover : "This work presents a radical new view of the function of the brain and nervous system. It suggests that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution but operating different mechanisms. By providing a fundamental neural basis for categorization of the things of the world it unifies perception, action and learning. This theory revises our view of memory, considering it as a dynamic process of recategorization which has implications for the various psychological states from attention to dreaming. It will stimulate discussion about the mind-body problem, the origins of knowledge and the perceptual bases of language. The author won the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physiology of Medicine."

Brain --- Brain - growth and development --- Neurons - physiology --- Perception - physiology --- Selection, Genetic --- Neural circuitry --- Natural selection --- Neurons --- Perception --- Evolution --- Growth --- Physiology