How Neuroscientist Susan Birren Is Mapping New Pathways from the Brain

Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa by LWC

Aug 30, 201923:03Technology

The human brain has 100 million cells, and there's still so much to discover about it. Brandeis University neuroscientist Susan Birren has dedicated her distinguished career to decoding the mysteries of how the brain fun...

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