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From the Vault: The Minotaur, Part 3

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Science of Mental Life

Researchers at the Clark lab in New York created a maze for rats that was much more unforgiving to mice. The irony is that mice would have no problem with the actual thenin accord made. And this led to observations such as an her i'm going to quote from small. When describing a rat almost making a wrong turn in the maze, small wrote that the rat hesitated as if scratching his head, then entered this dead end path slowly, and doubtfully only a few steps. However, then with a sudden turn and a triumphant flick of his tail, he returned to the correct path.

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