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Thu. 10/27 - This Is Your Brain On Books

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Can the books we read permanently change our brains? Or at least impact our values over a lifetime? Two studies that used undergrads as guinea pigs attempt to quantify the effects of powerful books on our brains. Plus, the upcoming election night lunar eclipse and a Halloween asteroid.

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    How Do the Books We Read Change Our Brains? (Literary Hub)
  • The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent--And Reinvent--Our Identities by Gregory Berns 
  • Harry Potter and the Millennials by Anthony Gierzynksi with Kathryn Eddy
  • What You Need to Know About the Lunar Eclipse (NASA)
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  • Large asteroid RM4 to pass closely November 1 (EarthSky)
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