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Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain?

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The human brain is puzzling -- it is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a tremendous amount of energy for its weight and has a bizarrely dense cerebral cortex. But: why? Neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel puts on her detective's cap and leads us through this mystery. By making "brain soup," she arrives at a startling conclusi

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, brain, evolution, neuroscience, TEDGlobal 2013, 2013

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