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How do injured brains help explain normal brains? One of the most powerful ways of learning about normal brain function is to examine what functions are lost when parts or areas of the brain are degraded or destroyed due to injury or disease. The subtle variations of different brain problems reveal the remarkable strands that make normal brain work so well.

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Barry C. Smith is a professor of philosophy and Director of the Institute of Philosophy at University of London.

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