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Animal Minds

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The Spindle of the Brain, Isn't It?

The idea is that humans in social intractions can't rely on these hard wired emotions. The job of spindle cells is to simply broadcast content to the rest of the brain. Without our whole brain involved, we'd never be able to navigate the social worldand make any kind of connection.

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