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Sam Kean, “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons” (Little, Brown and Co., 2015)
Sam Kean, “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons” (Little, Brown and Co., 2015)
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58 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2018
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Podcast episode
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Early studies of the functions of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike—strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, lobotomies, horrendous accidents-and see how the victim coped. In many cases survival was miraculous, and observers could only marvel at the transformations that took place afterward, altering victims’ personalities....
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Released:
Apr 26, 2018
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