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Rodolfo R. Llinás

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born

in Bogotá, Colombia

January 01, 1934

gender

male

website

http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/R.Llinas.html

genre

Science

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Rodolfo R. Llinás is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. He went to the Gimnasio Moderno school and received his MD from the Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá in 1959 and his PhD in 1965 from the Australian National University working under Sir John Eccles. Llinás has published over 500 scientific articles.

He is especially known for his work on the physiology of the cerebellum, the thalamus, Thalamocortical dysrhythmia as well as for his pioneering work on the inferior olive, on the squid giant synapse and on human magnetoencephalography (MEG).

Llinás has written that the brain evolved because organisms needed to move around without...more

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Rodolfo R. Llinás's Books

Average rating: 3.92 · 85 ratings · 7 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biology of the Brain: From Neurons to Networks: Readings from Scientific American 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Workings of the Brain: Development, Memory, and Perception: Readings from Scientific American Magazine 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Squid Giant Synapse: A Model for Chemical Transmission [With *] 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thalamic Oscillations And Signaling by Mircea Steriade, Rodolfo R. Llinás 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Rodolfo R. Llinás

“The neural processes underlying that which we call creativity have nothing to do with rationality. That is to say, if we look at how the brain generates creativity, we will see that it is not a rational process at all; creativity is not born out of reasoning.”
― Rodolfo R. Llinás, I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self

tags: brain, cognitive-psychology, creativity, neuroscience, psychology, science

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