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The cockroach beatbox

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TED-Ed

• November 2011

By dissecting a cockroach ... yes, live on stage ... TED Fellow and neuroscientist Greg Gage shows how brains receive and deliver electric impulses -- and how legs can respond. This talk comes from the TED-Ed project.

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By dissecting a cockroach ... yes, live on stage ... TED Fellow and neuroscientist Greg Gage shows how brains receive and deliver electric impulses -- and how legs can respond. This talk comes from the TED-Ed project.

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Participate in citizen neuroscience: Use our open-source tools to study electrophysiology and make discoveries by exploring the nervous systems of insects.

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TED Fellow Greg Gage helps kids investigate the neuroscience in their own backyards.

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This video was produced by TED-Ed, TED’s youth and education initiative. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Participate in citizen neuroscience: Use our open-source tools to study electrophysiology and make discoveries by exploring the nervous systems of insects.