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Brain Scientists Misled By Squid

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A 17-foot-long deep sea squid swimming off the island of Oahu.  For more than 50 years scientists experimented on squid nerve cells, believing they were good models for the human nervous system. (Getty Images)
A 17-foot-long deep sea squid swimming off the island of Oahu. For more than 50 years scientists experimented on squid nerve cells, believing they were good models for the human nervous system. (Getty Images)

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