Within Reason#146 The Most Complicated Thing in the Universe: What is the Brain?

Pig proves brain rules voice

9:07–9:53 · 46s

Matthew Cobb graphically recounts Galen’s live pig experiment showing that stopping the heart didn’t stop squealing, but pressing the brain did—an early, grisly demonstration that the brain controls voice.

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