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#247 — Constructing Minds

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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How Do You Know if You Damage Your Primary Visual Cortex?

Brain damage can lead to very specific deficits. You can have a small region of the brain damaged and that can dissect out a very specific mental capacity on no language use, or an ability to recognize faces. And i just learned about this really, this phenomen bhut i ijus. I find it slightly horrifying as a person, but because of what happens to the animals, but as a scientist, it's really fascinating.

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