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Moheb Costandi has been writing about the brain for nearly 20 years. His work has been published by the BBC, The Guardian, Nature, Science and Scientific American. He is also the author of the books Body Am I: The new science of self-consciousness, Neuroplasticity and 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know. Moheb has a BSc and MSc in neuroscience from University College London.
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