"It has always been a magical sort of thingyou look at a person's brain, it's like that's them. And you see a map of what's going on of the brain," he says. "They are also genuinely excited. They think this is the key, or this could be the key to unlocking...what makes one brain different from another?"
Will scientists ever fully understand the human brain? In their quest for knowledge, they’ve tried knives, magnets, computers, blood, and even a good metaphor.
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