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Dans le coin du ciboulot (in French)

Dans le coin du ciboulot :  Can we live with one part of the brain less? (In French)

Visuel du podcast futé de l'Institut du Cerveau spécial Halloween

In this episode, 9-year-old Marceau wonders if we can live with one part of the brain less.

Richard Lévy, neurologist and director of the "FrontLAB Functions and Dysfunctions of Frontal Systems" team at the Brain Institute, presents the functions of different parts of the brain through the famous story of Phineas Gage, who became famous despite himself because of an unfortunate accident that left a hole in his brain!

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