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The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains

Inquiring Minds

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The Amygdala, the Hippocampus, and the Behavioral Neuroscience Approach

There used to be this approach that, you know, let's figure out what a brain area does. And in some ways, I think it's done a great disservice to the amygdala and our understanding of it. So people then say, oh, look, when,. you know, Democrats are watching Trump videos, there are amygdala is lighting up. There must be afraid of him, right? Well, we didn't expect the amygdala to be activated in our study. Maybe our study like, induce fear. Right, right.

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