Encephalon is up at Neurocritic

By dmunger on May 28, 2008.

The biweekly neuroscience / psychology carnival Encephalon is now live over at the Neurocritic. There are tons of great posts but one of my favorites has to be this one: Would you vaccinate your kids against drugs?

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