What is a Normal Brain?

The brain is all the rage these days. It can tell us what counts as normal, and what does not; it can tell us what motivates us, what depresses us, what excites us. Perhaps it’s a naive question, but how do we come up with a “normal” brain that serves as the baseline for “deviations”? The question’s only partly rhetorical, so any insight would be great.

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