David Marr: A Theory of the Cerebellar Cortex

The brilliant but tragically short-lived — indeed, meteoric — career of David Marr was catapulted into orbit by his “Theory of the Cerebellar Cortex” (1969). One need not belabor the details of this well-publicized theory here (cf. Eccles 1973, Llinas 1981, Ito 1984, Pellionisz 1985). Rather, three general observations on the theory will be briefly discussed.

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