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The Science Behind Rick Perry’s Debate Brain Freeze

What was happening in Rick Perry’s gray matter Wednesday, when he choked and forgot his talking points? Sharon Begley explains.

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Oh, for a long-distance brain-scanning machine! During the 50 agonizing seconds when Rick Perry tried and failed to come up with the third of the three federal agencies he vowed to slash if he won the White House—a failure that has The Daily Beast’s Mark McKinnon calling

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