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A Psychologist turned Neuroscientist with Wilf Nelson (Part 1)

The Science Bloggers Podcast

Release Date: 05/25/2020

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This week's guest is Wilf Nelson, a psychologist turned neuroscientist who studies inhibitory and regulatory mechanisms in the brain. This is the first part of Wilf's talk where we talk about the science behind what he does in the laboratory.

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