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The Munk Debates Podcast

CHAPTER

The Neo Cortex Is Not New in Any Fundamental Meaning of the Word

I was told this great, big story about how we have these reptilian brains that are driven by primitive impulse. And it turns out, at 51 years of age, decades later, i realized i had been completely wrong about how i should understand how the brain works. I put the neo cortex hen the limbic system, hand the reptilian complex. That's what differentiates me as a human from every other animal on the planet.

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