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The Skeptics Guide #483 - Oct 11 2014

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is This a Good Analogue for Humans?

Jay Parini: The researchers who won the Nobel Prize have discovered the big concepts of how we navigate in our brains. He says they found that neurons were literally firing in a grid pattern as the rat was moving. Parini: This is widely represented in mammals, but it's not fully fleshed out either because it's damn complicated.

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