Some thoughts on the "trash heap" list

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Tabitha M. Powledge weighs in about "humaniqueness" and other ideas that surfaced in a discussion of scientific ideas whose time has passed: "Here’s an idea we can all get behind: Dump that left-brain/right-brain hogwash. Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore points out there is no basis for that beloved misapprehension. Despite the fact that some activities originate in certain brain locales, the two brain hemispheres are normally in constant communication."

January 25, 2014

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