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Neuroscientist Lise Eliot debunks the theory that the male and female brains are different and explains how the brain is shaped by behavior and gender development.

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Neuroscientist Lise Eliot debunks the theory that the male and female brains are different and explains how the brain is shaped by behavior and gender development.

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