Brain

The whole is not the sum of its parts

But over the past several years the field of neuroscience seems to have moved away from this modular approach (each brain region has its own job). Researchers are more likely to believe that the brain is a network of interconnected regions. They are more likely to talk about vast and dynamic webs of neurons whose connections link disparate parts of the brain. Luiz Pessoa, who runs the Maryland Neuroimaging Center, recently…