The neuroscience of itching(newyorker.com)

13 pointsby sah18 lat temu2 comments

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all

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sc18 lat temu

A quick summary (though the article is well worth the read):

Perception may be mostly memory and the brain's best guess of a situation, and to a very minor extent, the outlying, sensory nerve signals.

oPerrin18 lat temu

Perfectly in tune with On Intelligence - go read it if you found this article insightful.