The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds

The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds

The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work

We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse trave…

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