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THE function of the nervous system is to maintain dynamic equilibrium within the organism and between the organism and its environment. In the latter case the equilibrium is, in the higher animals, extremely complex and is achieved mainly by means of the hemispheres. These continuously analyse and synthesise events occurring in the environment, and in correspondence with its changes establish temporary connexions between events, whether simple or complex, and various activities of the organism, in particular those of the skeleto-muscular system, which is preponderantly concerned in reacting to environmental changes and is likewise itself highly differential and integrative in its response.
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Problems in the Physiology of the Cerebral Hemispheres. Nature 121, 810 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121810a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/121810a0