"It is imperfection — not perfection — that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and of the influences exerted upon us by the environment and whoever takes care of us during the long years of our physical, psychological and intellectual development."
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Nobel laureates in Physiology or MedicineNeuroscientistsJews from ItalyWomen academics from ItalyBiologists from Italy
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Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini (22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian neurologist and politician who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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