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I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc.

Howard Gardner

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Howard Gardner
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 11
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Scranton
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Howard Earl Gardner
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