Nancy Kanwisher: Your Brain is a Swiss Army Knife
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
English - August 22, 2023 03:30 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratingsSociety & Culture Science leadership entrepreneurship interview business health news politics entrepreneur comedy fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Nancy Kanwisher has discovered many areas of the brain that are specialized for one particular purpose— like recognizing faces – which is interesting to Alan because of his inability to remember the faces of people he meets. Other specialized areas include identifying food, which Alan so far has no trouble with.