Jeff Hawkins has spent nearly twenty years on a quest to discover how the brain's cortex generates intelligence. In this episode he talks about his new book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, which describes some of his most recent research in a way that is accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Links and References: A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence • by Jeff Hawkins Detailed References on Numenta website • Please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com • for additonal references and episode transcripts. Please Visit Our Sponsors TextExpander at textexpander.com/podcast

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