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January 24, 2021
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January 24, 2021
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to-read
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January 24, 2021
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history
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January 24, 2021
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neuroscience
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July 16, 2021
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July 16, 2021
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July 16, 2021
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science
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July 16, 2021
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"Understanding how past thinkers have struggled to understand brain function is part of framing what we need to be doing now, in order to reach that goal."
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July 19, 2021
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"The evident complexity of the brain compared with the heart strongly suggested where thought and emotion might be located, but the weight of tradition and the power of everyday experience meant that contradictory ideas were held by some of the greatest thinkers of the 16th and 17th centuries. The confusion felt was nicely summed up by Shakespeare:
Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart or in the head?"
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Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart or in the head?"
September 2, 2021
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September 28, 2021
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September 28, 2021
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September 28, 2021
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November 7, 2021
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March 2, 2022
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March 2, 2022
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Jul 16, 2021 08:42AM
Is anything more cerebral than a human brain pondering the human brain?
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The human brain pondering the different ways the human brain has pondered the human brain throughout history - this book! Haha very excited!
