please I have no idea about this because it doesn't exist in my culture, would you please help me explain this?
His research indicated that although certain functions of the brain are associated with a region, in some sense1 that function seems to be interconnected in an integrated circuitry with the rest of the brain, like an escape tunnel or a butler's stairwell in an old house.
1: does it mean "to some extenet"?
I just can't understand the whole analogy..
Top answer
a HIDDEN/DISCRETE stairwell (just for the butler)
— Marius Hancu
a HIDDEN/DISCRETE stairwell (just for the butler)
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