July 31, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday – abortion, savants, roughage, musical elephants, new dwarf lemur, gastric bypass, and more.

- Samyukta Mullangi – The First Pass Effect - Darold Treffert – My marvelous journey with incredible savants: What have I learned?

By Bora Zivkovic

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- Samyukta Mullangi - The First Pass Effect

- Darold Treffert - My marvelous journey with incredible savants: What have I learned?

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