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#247 — Constructing Minds
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Vonconomo Nurons Are Not Special Class of Neurons
Von economo neurons were present in great apes and, i think citaceans and elephants and a few other carismatic vertebrates. Were not found in reptiles or birds or so vonconomo nurons are very contentious. Some anatomists say they're just really big honking peramital cells. And you find them in animals who have large brains relative to their body size.
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