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Grace Lindsay, "Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
March 20, 2025·50 min·4 clips
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A careful look at how one circuit shows the limits of wiring diagrams in neuroscience.
Grace Lindsay's conversation treats neuroscience as a field shaped by interdisciplinary methods and a few carefully chosen examples. The lobster gut circuit stands out because it shows how the same circuit can produce different rhythms when neuromodulators change how neurons…
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