Tập
Mind Field: Episode 1
Tóm tắt
Humans are the only Earthlings with complex language. But at what cost was that ability acquired? In this episode, Michael Stevens visit Tetsuro Matsuzawa to learn about his influential cognitive tradeoff hypothesis.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Mind Field
- Mùa
- Mùa 3
- Tập
- Tập 1
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2018-12-05
- Thời lượng
- 30 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 1 là tập 1 trong Season 3 của Mind Field. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2018-12-05. Thời lượng là 30 min.
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