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Lessons About the Brain with Lisa Feldman Barrett

The Behavioral Design Podcast

CHAPTER

Why Do Creatures Have Brains?

i only get to your wonderful book that i've very proudly been breading around for friends and family because i think it's not only beautiful inside, but also very beautiful cover as well, haha. And one of the first things you begin with is this half lesson, which is, you know, very profound in itself. You ruthlessly tackle this one common misconception that brains are not for thinking. So, so what are they foro what is our brains for, if not for thinking? Well, i'll start off by asking why do we even have a brain?"

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