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The Functional Specialization of the Brain
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The brain is a functionally specialized organ, with different regions of the brain responsible for different tasks. With the use of brain scanners, it has been possible to observe these specialized responses and locate them in specific regions of the brain.

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The brain is functionally specialized with restricted, function-specific responses that are orchestrated, distributed, and related to other representations in the brain.
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Brain Function
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The brain is functionally specialized with restricted, function-specific responses that are orchestrated, distributed, and related to other representations in the brain.

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The Functional Specialization of the Brain
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#99 – Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle
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Lex Fridman Podcast
The episode discusses the different methodologies used for looking inside the human brain, including brain scanners that measure structural attributes, hemodynamic signals, and metabolic signals.
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Brain scanners
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The episode discusses the different methodologies used for looking inside the human brain, including brain scanners that measure structural attributes, hemodynamic signals, and metabolic signals.

Chapter
The Functional Specialization of the Brain
Episode
#99 – Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The neural infrastructure heavily relies on micro blood vessels to sustain the right amount of blood flow and nutrients to enable neural activity within a few millimeters patch of the brain.
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Neural Infrastructure
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The neural infrastructure heavily relies on micro blood vessels to sustain the right amount of blood flow and nutrients to enable neural activity within a few millimeters patch of the brain.

Chapter
The Functional Specialization of the Brain
Episode
#99 – Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast