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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

23 November 2017

Two “thinking” regions of human brains are much richer in a neurotransmitter called dopamine than the equivalent brain regions in apes and monkeys

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