The cognitive paradigm and the immunological homunculus
1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 13; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0167-5699(92)90024-2
ISSN1355-8242
Autores Tópico(s)Artificial Immune Systems Applications
ResumoIn last month's issue of Immunology Today, Irun Cohen discussed the inadequacies of the clonal selection paradigm and proposed a cognitive paradigm in which preformed internal images guide and restrict the process of clonal activation. Here he clarifies the nature of these internal images, during on concrete examples from the image of infection and the image of self, the immunological homunculus.
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