Heffner H E
Arch Neurol. 1987 Feb;44(2):218-21. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1987.00520140078021.
David Ferrier was a British physician who studied the localization of function in the cerebral hemispheres during the latter half of the 19th century. Using stimulation and ablation techniques, Ferrier demonstrated that auditory cortex was located in the superior temporal gyrus of the monkey and that ablation of auditory cortex resulted in deafness. Although he was substantially correct, Ferrier's location of auditory cortex was not accepted by his contemporaries, and his observations of cortical deafness were, until recently, discounted by modern researchers. Just why his findings were rejected is of interest to the study of cortical function.
大卫·费里尔是一位英国医生，他在19世纪后半叶研究了大脑半球功能的定位。通过使用刺激和切除技术，费里尔证明了听觉皮层位于猴子的颞上回，并且切除听觉皮层会导致耳聋。尽管他基本上是正确的，但费里尔对听觉皮层的定位并未被同时代的人所接受，而且直到最近，现代研究人员对他关于皮质性聋的观察结果也并不认可。他的发现为何被拒绝，这对于皮质功能的研究来说是一个有趣的问题。
