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Carl Zimmer Secrets Of The Brain Summary

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For my enrichment choice this week I chose the article “Secrets of the Brain” By Carl Zimmer. In this article it goes over how far science has come in the knowledge of how the brain works, and also how this knowledge can help in many different ways.

In the beginning ancient physicians believed that the brain was made of phlegm. In the 17th century a British physician by the name of Thomas Willis discovered that there was custard like tissue in the brain, and in this tissue was where our mental world existed.

Throughout time and as science advanced they were able to take the largest section of a mouse brain, which is about the size of a grain of salt. With this they discovered that it held about 100 terabytes, or
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