Prof Nicolelis said the experiments could lead to the creation of a biological computer -- or "brain-net" -- linking multiple brains.

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Year upon year of slowing down the action in their heads, of training their brains to take the emotion out of the multiple thousands of split-second decisions they make every time they get in the car, tends to lend them a languid air when not in action.

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