Similar in Different Ways (IMAGE)

Picower Institute at MIT

Similar in Different Ways

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New research suggests that our brains employ different rhythms in different regions to recognize why each set of objects belong in the same category. The apples have a direct visual resemblance, but the screwdriver and drill bear a more abstract resemblance.

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Picower Institute for Learning and Memory/Pixabay

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