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Brain Function

Learning while teaching, hearing while chewing

March 1, 2014 11 Comments

Jeune pêcheur à la coquille by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Musée du Louvre, Paris (photo by me) Yesterday, we filmed the hearing and communication unit for my Coursera course on Understanding the Brain. The short version of this post is that as I was explaining the tensor tympani reflex, I realized that my explanation did not make sense. This is a beautiful […]

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