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#551 - Patrick House - How Much Do We Actually Know About Consciousness?

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The Mystery of Neuroscience: Knowing Where, but Not Why

Neuroscience is at an inflection point, with knowledge of brain activity but without understanding why certain areas respond to specific stimuli./nThe fusiform face area is a known area of brain activity when presented with a face, but the reason for this is currently unknown./nThe book is written from the perspective of a Babylonian astronomer with multiple theories and observations, some of which may be incorrect.

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