Thread: Purgill brain?
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Old 04-22-2019, 12:00 AM   #3
whswhs
 
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Default Re: Purgill brain?

Brain areas are often named for their shape, as "hippocampus" (seahorse) or "amygdala" (almond, I think). There are also areas named for their discoverers, as dcarson correctly notes.
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