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Our flexible brains

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Shubha Tole |

TED Talks India

• January 2018

Everyone has more or less the same circuits in their brain -- so why is each individual human so different? India's leading neuroscientist, Dr. Shuba Tole, shares a simple experiment you can do at home to show how your brain can surprise you -- and how flexible it can be.

Everyone has more or less the same circuits in their brain -- so why is each individual human so different? India's leading neuroscientist, Dr. Shuba Tole, shares a simple experiment you can do at home to show how your brain can surprise you -- and how flexible it can be.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speaker

Shubha Tole

Shubha Tole

Neuroscientist

Shubha Tole is a neuroscientist, professor and principal investigator at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. Her research involves investigating the development and evolution of the mammalian brain.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.