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What makes the human brain so special?

Oxford Sparks Big Questions

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What's So Special About MRI?

The brain of a dead monkey is put into an MRI scanner to see how it works. The image shows the movement of water through the brain, which can be used in reconstructing human brains. "It's very sort of like, I would say like an Aurora Borealis almost, sort of like color palette," says Dr David Hoyle.

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