Russian to English Science Medical (general) neurology, neurophysiology, anatomy

This is a scientific paper on neurophysiology. It's really the whole sentence I'm having trouble with:

"Специфика во взаимодействии передних и задних отделов коры является столь же необходимым условием организации разных стратегий мышления, как и во взаимодействии двух полушарий и связана с типом решаемой задачи и индивидуальными особенностями в регуляции функциональной активности мозга."

Here's my translation, with annotations in brackets:

"The specific nature of the interaction of the anterior and posterior regions of the cortex is every bit as necessary for organizing different strategies of thought, as it is for [does this make sense?] interaction between the two hemispheres, and is associated with a type of solvable task [??] and with individual features that regulate the functional activity of the brain.[??]"

On the first queried part: It seems like it should say the interaction of anterior and posterior regions are necessary for thought, and so is the interaction between the two hemispheres. But I can't get this meaning from "как и во..."

Thanks in advance!