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A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region.

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Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

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There are moments when the world seems to fall away: the hush of a forest after rain, the sweep of a symphony, the infinite sprawl of stars overhead. Poets call it awe. Mystics call it transcendence.