This program shows how the brain coordinates functions to make a simple but lifesaving decision—how the cortex assesses incoming information, sends outgoing messages to the muscles, and stores "maps" of the world and the body; how circuits of nerve cells operate in the brain; and how individual nerve cells function. (26 minutes)

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