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Who is Sir Charles Bell from The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture and what is their importance?

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Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon. He asserted that practice enables the hand and eye to develop as sense organs, so the brain teaches itself by making the hand and eye work together.

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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture