Big news from little brains.

In an interview, Kevin Long, of the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, discusses the latest research on how the developing brain controls behavior. He discusses how his institute conducts experiments that involve placing a small portion of developing brain tissue from a quail into the correspond...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Psychology Today Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 32 - 33
Main Author: Dess, Nancy K.
Format: Interview
Published: Sussex Publishers Inc. January/February 2002
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Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:In an interview, Kevin Long, of the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, discusses the latest research on how the developing brain controls behavior. He discusses how his institute conducts experiments that involve placing a small portion of developing brain tissue from a quail into the corresponding location in a chicken embryo to make a chick that has certain futures of a quail. The implications of this work for humans are examined.