Recent neuroscience findings refute persistent but erroneous images of the brain

Evidence

We have not yet assimilated the results of the revolutionary discoveries made over the last fifty years in neurosciences (that is to say, the group of disciplines that study the anatomy, physiology, and functioning of the central nervous system, or CNS1), results that contribute more every day to the refutation of erroneous yet nonetheless mysteriously persistent pictures we still have of the brain. — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 29

Categorization

• QUESTION: What are the specific erroneous images being refuted? Looking for the plasticity-vs-flexibility point to come.