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IN ENGLISH - SCIENCE COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC:
Herculano-Houzel S (2019)
Your big brain makes you human: count your neurons when you count your blessings
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The Conversation
, Nov 26.
Herculano-Houzel S (2018)
The evolution of human capabilities and abilities
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Cerebrum
Mar-Apr, cer-05-18.
Herculano-Houzel S (2017)
Lessons from making brain soup [The remarkable (but not extraordinary) human brain]. A novel technique for counting neurons is changing our appraisal of just how special the human brain really is
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Scientific American Mind
, March/April pp. 32-38.
Herculano-Houzel S (2016)
Turning brains to “soup” could unlock secrets of our most complex organ
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WIRED
, Sep 10, 2016
Herculano-Houzel S (2016)
The paradox of the elephant brain.
Nautilus Magazine
, April 2016.
IN ENGLISH - SCIENCE COMMUNICATION TO SCIENTISTS:
Herculano-Houzel S (2022)
Dispatch: The elephant (brain) in the room
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Curr Biol
, in press.
Herculano-Houzel S (2020)
Birds do have a brain cortex – and think
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Science
369, 1567-1568.
Herculano-Houzel S (2016)
From bigger brains to bigger bodies (comment).
Current Anthropol
57, 188-189.
Herculano-Houzel S (2013)
Sleep it out.
Science
342, 316-317.
IN PORTUGUESE:
Over
400 columns
contributed biweekly to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo since 2006.
Herculano-Houzel S (2016)
Bye-bye, Brasil. Neurocientista explica por que está de malas prontas para os EUA.
Revista piaui, maio, p. 48.
Herculano-Houzel S (2015)
Ciência e Centavos. Como uma bióloga e um físico descobriram a fórmula que explica as dobras do cérebro
. Revista piaui, abril, ed. 107.
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Heat stroke is death by your gut bacteria
The neuroscientist on call
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Stream of thought
I've seen my own brain!
My kitchen tends towards maximal entropy
Where to draw the line?
An evolutionary study of SfN attendance
The shaming of animal researchers
Neuroscience Office Hour
The Crash Course
Crash Course - BR
Virtual Visits
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Key concepts
Recent discoveries
How neuroscience is done
The neuroscience of everyday life
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