Nominator's statement

This article is important for many reasons. First, as an early neuroanatomical/morphological study of the retina. Second, it is particularly important to cognitive sciences in that Cajal established that neurons are discrete structures as opposed to an undifferentiated continuous network. This idea set the conceptual groundwork for the neuron as a discrete computational unit and for the brain/mind as a complex system of interactions between these units.

comments

• Cajal is the patron saint of modern neurobiology. The concept, art and science of the architecture of the nervous tissue were practically invented by him. He also invented the neuron theory, the synapse, and the incredibly precise inferences of functions from the morphological structures. Since one of the aims of cognitive science is to find the physical correlates of mental operations, his contribution should be considered as fundamental in this regard. My only objection is to the selection of Cajal's work.