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THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears

The Next Big Idea

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What Do We Know About the Brain?

Lisa Ling: It turns out our brain is not for thinking. She says the parts of the brain that are most important also happen to be important for regulating the systems of your body. "You can't really say why a brain evolved, but one of its most important jobs during this evolutionary trajectory is to control the body," she says.

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