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Brain And Prosthetics

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The brain has always been a mystery to those who study it. Scientist’s used to believe that there was just phlegm where our brain was. In the Renaissance, we were believed to be the result of “animal spirits”. After the scientific revolution in the 17th century, scientists actually began to study the brain and put all of those theory’s to rest.
Today, scientists build off of old and new brain research to try and figure out what areas of the brain they have not discovered. They work together to come up with new technology that will benefit the world. A couple discoveries that have been made are being able to read a mouse’s mind, and prosthetics that connect with the brain. To read the mind of a mouse, they show the mouse an image and then
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