Dr. Robyn Crook contributed a comparative perspective to the Allen Institute’s Lab Notes podcast this week (for Brain Awareness Week). This podcast delves into the question of why we don’t yet understand the brain, and if in fact it is ever possible to understand the human brain. Given that the vast majority of brain neuroscience is conducted in mammalian models, we are lacking a broader comparative viewpoint that could reveal new and important things that shared features of all brains. Cephalopod brains provide an important comparative perspective on that question. Listen to the podcast here or read the written story here.