I advanced the concept of functional systems, were various operations are cooperating
for performing multiple level functions
I was pioneering in this regards and in criticism of the localization approach

Yet, the frontal lobe activation appears to be essential to higher cortical functions

Those two books highly influenced my work

Fuster's book about the prefrontal cortex, that first appeared in 1980
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0397518498/qi...

And the Russian-Jewish prominent neuropsychologist A. R. Luria
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/...