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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. The Conversation, Nov 26. 

Herculano-Houzel S (2018) The evolution of human capabilities and abilities. 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. Scientific American Mind, March/April pp. 32-38.

Herculano-Houzel S (2016) Turning brains to “soup” could unlock secrets of our most complex organ. 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. Curr Biol, in press.

Herculano-Houzel S (2020) Birds do have a brain cortex – and think. 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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  • written & spoken
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    • Books & chapters
    • Lay pieces
    • In the news
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • The neuroscientist on call >
      • 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 >
      • Key concepts
      • Recent discoveries
      • How neuroscience is done
      • The neuroscience of everyday life
      • Questions you asked