Buonomano, Dean

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July 14, 2011

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'Brain Bugs': Cognitive Flaws That 'Shape Our Lives.'

Neuroscientist Dean Buonomano explains why our brains make mistakes when we try to remember long lists of information or add large numbers in our heads. Humans live "in a time and place we didn't evolve to live in," he says.

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