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How the Mind Emerges from the Brain’s Complex Networks
The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas
Max Bertolero is a research scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. He received a doctorate in systems neuroscience from the University of California, Berkeley, and undergraduate degrees in philosophy and psychology from Columbia University. Credit: Nick Higgins
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