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Daniel Wolpert: A razão para os cérebros existirem

Filmed Jul 2011 • Posted Nov 2011TEDGlobal 2011
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O neurocientista Daniel Wolpert começa com uma premissa surpreendente: o cérebro evoluiu, não para pensar ou sentir, mas para controlar movimentos. Em sua palestra rica em dados e entretenimento, ele nos oferece um vislumbre de como o cérebro cria a graça e agilidade do movimento humano.

A neuroscientist and engineer, Daniel Wolpert studies how the brain controls the body. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Francisco Dubiela
Reviewed by Isabel Villan
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