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Cerebral
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Nuestros cerebros responden de forma inmediata cuando el caos irrumpe, mediante circuitos simples y extremadamente rápidos que funcionan desde la remota Antigüedad, cuando nuestros ancestros vivían en árboles y las serpientes podían atacar en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.
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― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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Perhaps the most exasperating cliche is about children being forced to memorize, not think. But memorization is not an abomination in itself, though the mnemic pressure on our species has dropped. Memorization is, de facto, exercise for the mind. Neuroscience shows an active hippocampus stimulates cerebral activity. We have often observed how the most profound and creative pupils are those who know the most things, though their usefulness is not always apparent. No question is more insinuating s
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