Rodney Cotterill
Physicist and neuroscientist
Born
September 27th, 1933
92 years ago
Died
2007
18 years ago — 74 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Denmark
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Developed neural network models
Advanced theories in cognitive neuroscience
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