American cognitive scientist who developed the neural reuse theory — brain regions are redeployed for new functions throughout evolution and development, challenging modular views of brain organization.
Neural reuse: cortical circuits are not dedicated to single functions but are repeatedly co-opted for multiple tasks; this is not multitasking but sequential redeployment. Challenges the massive modularity hypothesis.
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