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How our modular brain pieces the world together

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageThe brain processes different facial features separately, so how does it tie them together?Shutterstock

Picture a close friend. Imagine their face, the sound of their voice, their height, what they normally wear. You might be surprised to learn you have just used a host of different brain regions to recall this information.

Curiously, there is no...

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The Liberals may have miscalculated Turnbull's electoral appeal

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Finally, Clive Palmer has formally put a full stop to his personal political career, announcing on Monday he won’t be running for the Senate.

Palmer United Party will still field Senate candidates, including its sole senator, Dio Wang. But if he or any other PUP candidate fluked a Senate seat, it would surely be unlikely Palmer would have...

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