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VS Ramachandran: Os neurônios que moldaram a civilização

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O neurocientista Vilayanur Ramachandran delineia as fascinantes funções dos neurônios-espelho. Descobertos recentemente, esses neurônios nos permitem aprender comportamentos sociais complexos, alguns dos quais constituíram os fundamentos da civilização humana como nós a conhecemos.

Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms. By working with those who have very specific mental disabilities caused by brain injury or stroke, he can map functions of the mind to physical structures of the brain. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese (Brazil) by Durval Castro
Reviewed by Denise Bem David
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