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Van Wedeen Research Paper

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The brain and how it works has been something very captivation for the human mind. Van Wedeen is a scientist that been analyzing how the brain works He has stored hundreds of brains of different kinds in 3-D images. His collection goes from monkeys, rats, and humans brain. This scientist is “ creating in unprecedented detail representations of the brain's wiring: the network of some 100,000 miles of nerve fibers, called white matter, that connects the various components of the mind. Through this kind of network neuroscientist can see the brain’s flaws, which give them the capacity to identify differences in the structure of ordinary brains and also, brains of people with some disorders such as schizophrenia, autism, and Alzheimer's disease.
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