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Beyond phrenology, at last

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Although integration is a widely acknowledged goal in neuroscience, our approach to the function of biological entities often places boundaries that defy integration. Mapping across systems — from the genome to cognitive function — will require innovative methods that can identify every contributing component to a function, and instantaneously scale numerous changes in large data sets to consequences over the entire biological hierarchy.

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I thank R. Jensen, R. Sperling and particularly A. Roskies for their critical reading of the manuscript and their help in shaping my ideas.

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