centrencephalic system

centrencephalic system

the concept of a central anatomical brain region (the centrencephalon) whose activities provide a coherent unity for mental processes and the seat of free will. [proposed by U.S.-born Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield (1891–1976)]

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