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1. theogr+Ec[view] [source] 2024-05-09 23:29:47
>>geox+(OP)
> The brain fragment was taken from a 45-year-old woman when she underwent surgery to treat her epilepsy. It came from the cortex, a part of the brain involved in learning, problem-solving and processing sensory signals.

Wonder how they figured out which fragment to cut out.

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2. pfdiet+jj[view] [source] 2024-05-10 00:36:00
>>theogr+Ec
I imagine they determined the focus of the seizures by electrical techniques.

I worry this might make the sample biased in some way.

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3. notfed+jr2[view] [source] 2024-05-10 18:53:53
>>pfdiet+jj
Imagine all the conclusions being made from a 1cm cube of epileptic neurons.
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