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Do We Really Use Only 10 Percent of Our Brain?
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Also Known As encephalon

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right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain
human brain; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
left cerebral hemisphere of the human brain
human brain in formalin
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
computed tomography (CT) scan
computed tomography (CT) scan
positron emission tomography scan
avian brain structure
cerebellum; human brain
How does the McGurk effect trick your brain?
Two halves of the human brain are separated with arrows pointing to each half and a question mark in the center.
Can we create a computer replica of the human brain?
Is Botox safe?
How can scientists decode brain activity?
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Key People

Ben Carson
Ben Carson
American neurosurgeon and politician
Keen, William Williams
William Williams Keen
American brain surgeon
Harvey Williams Cushing
American neurosurgeon
Bergmann, Ernst von
Ernst von Bergmann
German surgeon
Fred H. Gage
American geneticist
John O'Keefe
John O’Keefe
British-American neuroscientist
Moser, Edvard I.
Edvard I. Moser
Norwegian neuroscientist
Moser, May-Britt
May-Britt Moser
Norwegian neuroscientist
Schwartz, Michal
Michal Schwartz
Israeli neuroimmunologist
Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Czech physiologist
Egas Moniz
António Egas Moniz
Portuguese neurologist
Karl Lashley
American psychologist
Vladimir Bekhterev
Russian psychiatrist
Jacques Loeb
Jacques Loeb
German biologist
David Hunter Hubel
American biologist
Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hess
Swiss physiologist
Friedrich Gustav Jacob Henle
German pathologist
Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens
French physiologist
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
French physician

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