Gero Miesenbock
Gero Miesenbock
Gero Miesenböck FRS is Waynflete Professor of Physiology and Director of the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionScientist
CountryAustria
general rare several tends
As a general rule, biology tends to be conservative. It's rare that evolution 'invents' the same process several times.
mind notions understanding vague
I don't know about you, but I find it exhilarating to see how vague psychological notions evaporate and give rise to a physical, mechanistic understanding of the mind, even if it's the mind of the fly.
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Sticking wires into the brain is obviously rather crude. It's hard to do in animals that run around, and there is a physical limit to the number of wires that can be inserted simultaneously.