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Editorial
. 2023 Apr 19;146(4):1234-1235.
doi: 10.1093/brain/awad081.

Should concepts of brain functions be based on psychology or anatomy? An echo from Kurt Goldstein

Cornelius Weiller  1 , Michel Rijntjes  1
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Editorial

Should concepts of brain functions be based on psychology or anatomy? An echo from Kurt Goldstein

Cornelius Weiller et al. Brain. .

Abstract

This scientific commentary refers to ‘Joint impact on attention, alertness and inhibition of lesions at a frontal white matter crossroad’ by Kaufmann et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac359).

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no competing interests.

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Studying the anatomical basis of language and cognition. (A) Kurt Goldstein (1878–1965) was a prominent advocate of a holistic view of brain function. Photograph reproduced from Pow and Stahnisch, under CC-BY. (B) Dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) streamlines comprising AF, SLF (dorsal) and IFOF, ECF, UF (ventral) tracts identified using subcortical regions of interest in unrestrained global tracking of 183 participants from the Human Connectome Project. Reproduced from Weiller et al. under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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