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Our brains represent information by attaching "labels" to different neural patterns.

Teaching students of all ages about how the brain works is possible with this quick demo.

Neuroscience research using these same techniques to decode everything from emotions to movie scenes.

All around us is a rich world for us to experience. Inside our minds, we have our own understanding of the world, ourselves, and everything in it. How does the brain do any of this? There’s all this information that we have access to in our minds, but how does the brain represent information? What does information in the brain even mean? These are some of the greatest questions that humans have ever pondered, but neuroscience has made great strides in answering them. I created an activity to teach ele

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