They weren't using smell, they were using the hippocampus, this exquisitely evolved mechanism in the brain for finding things. But it's really good for things that don't move around much,
Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED
How native speakers pronounce “mechanism”
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They weren't using smell, they were using the hippocampus, this exquisitely evolved mechanism in the brain for finding things. But it's really good for things that don't move around much,
Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED
Example sentences
I find this amazing, that your stress response has a built-in mechanism for stress resilience,
How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED
you admit to having a lot to lose, and it's true that these questions do provide a mechanism for getting to know someone quickly,
Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron
And it needed to happen everywhere; otherwise, every individual government would have this built-in excuse mechanism that they couldn't possibly carry the burden of global action alone.
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? | Hugh Evans