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Old Sep 28, 2009, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by GrayNess View Post
The neocortex is still part of the brain so I'm not following what you're saying.
Well, yes, but it seems to be the part that mainly allows a certain flexibility in our actions, rather than being quite so reactive as it might be without that.
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