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“Differentiationism” can reconcile selectionism and constructivism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

G. M. Innocenti
G. M. Innocenti
Affiliation:
Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerlandgiorgio.innocenti@ibcm.unil.ch
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Abstract

Increased complexity of representations in development probably results from the differentiation of distributed neural circuits. Axonal differentiation plays a crucial role in this process. Axonal differentiation appears to be achieved in stages, each involving combinations of constructive and regressive events controlled by cell intrinsic and cell extrinsic information.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 568 - 569
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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