Why Do We Listen to Dummies?

Your brain's system for directing attention is what makes you think a puppet has a mind of its own, Michael Graziano told me. He is a neuroscientist at Princeton and author of Consciousness and the Social Brain. He is also a novelist and composer and writes children's books under the pen name B. B. Wurge. Continue reading at 'Slate'

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