Learning from the past

 The Zeitgeist of our era does not value what comes from the past, unless you "redesign" it. I mean, unless you put a "re-" in a word, like "rediscovering tradition" and so on. So, what could a neuroscience student learn from a 25-year-old research paper? The answer is: a lot. And it's not because it would be a "rediscovery of ancient truths," but because it would, at the very least, tell them about how certain knowledge emerged. The following text, written by Nora Bradford, covers an article from October 26, 2000, titled "A default mode of brain function." The piece is easy to read, and I highly recommend it to anyone involved in neuroscience research today.

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