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What central premise guided early 20th-century neuroscientists in their attempts to map the cerebral cortex?
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- 1Mapping efforts were abandoned entirely due to a total lack of technological and staining progress.
- 2The ultimate objective was to disprove any link between cortical anatomy and cognitive functions.
- 3Understanding the detailed structural architecture of the cortex could clarify the localization of specific mental functions.✓
- 4There was an absolute, undisputed consensus on the total number of cortical regions.
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Understanding the detailed structural architecture of the cortex could clarify the localization of specific mental functions.
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