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NEUROSCIENCES

According to neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel, the human brain is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a huge amount of energy for its weight and has a bizarrely dense cerebral cortex. In this talk she gives her special soup recipe and comes to a very surprising conclusion.
Suzana Herculano-Houzel investigates the diversity of the nervous system across animals, its evolution and developmental origins.
Click the link What is so special about human brain? or the image below.