Formal education trains people to be efficient, learning routines so that the tasks become hardwired. For example, once people learn to read, they automatically attempt to read when faced with text.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal's ink and pencil drawing of injured Purkinje neurons, created in 1914. (Courtesy of Instituto Cajal) Are our brains beautiful? Not just figuratively, for what they can do, but ...
This story was corrected at Feb. 3 at 4:45 p.m. See story for details. In the early 20th century, neuroscience technology wasn’t like it is today. There weren’t MRI images or digital scans to help ...