Modeling the Brain with Math

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Jan 14, 202501:10:12Science & Medicine

What does your brain have in common with water, earthquakes, and maybe even society itself? Join expert Leandro Fosque and guests Alejandro Gonzales and Peter Thatcher to learn about the theory of criticality, an idea fr...

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