Re: [tips] Neurons in the brain?
On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:13:33 -0800, Ken Steele wrote: >Here is a review article on the number of neurons and a discussion >of issues controlling the number of neurons. > >http://www.nervenet.org/papers/NUMBER_REV_1988.html#1 Uh, not to make a big deal about this but I quoted and cited this article (among other sources) in our previous "Neural Myth" thread; see: http://www.mail-archive.com/tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu/msg06887.html The article is a chapter in the annual review of neuroscience and it is useful to know that there is a "free" version of it on the web. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu . --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15938 or send a blank email to leave-15938-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Neurons in the brain?
Here is a review article on the number of neurons and a discussion of issues controlling the number of neurons. http://www.nervenet.org/papers/NUMBER_REV_1988.html#1 Ken Kenneth M. Steele, Ph. D.steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15937 or send a blank email to leave-15937-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Neurons in the brain?
Ah. But if I had read ALL the way to the bottom, I would see that it was
indeed Goldberg who made the correction.
:/
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> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:19:15 -0800, Marc Carter wrote:
> >Weren't we just discussing this?
> >
> >"The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students
> scribbled out=
> >their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent
> again.=
> >'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at
> Columbia= ,
> >said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.'"
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some-
> brainy-students/
>
> The answer to your question is "Yes". However, the point you
> are trying to make "implicitly" may be lost on some readers of
> the article if they don't read all the way to the end where today
> we have:
>
> |Editor's Note: An earlier version of this post contained incorrect
> |information about the number of brain cells.
>
> The article now correctly states states that the number is 100 billion.
>
> I think we've learned something very important today, namely,
> we can't expect reporters to even correctly report what they hear.
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
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RE: [tips] Neurons in the brain?
But my worry was that the correction isn't clear whether or not Goldberg said
"million" or "billion," or whether it was misrepresented by the reporter.
:)
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:39 AM
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> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:19:15 -0800, Marc Carter wrote:
> >Weren't we just discussing this?
> >
> >"The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students
> scribbled out=
> >their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent
> again.=
> >'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at
> Columbia= ,
> >said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.'"
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some-
> brainy-students/
>
> The answer to your question is "Yes". However, the point you
> are trying to make "implicitly" may be lost on some readers of
> the article if they don't read all the way to the end where today
> we have:
>
> |Editor's Note: An earlier version of this post contained incorrect
> |information about the number of brain cells.
>
> The article now correctly states states that the number is 100 billion.
>
> I think we've learned something very important today, namely,
> we can't expect reporters to even correctly report what they hear.
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> m...@nyu.edu
>
> P.S. Thanks to whoever fixed the Mail Archive which now has put
> up the past day's posts.
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re: [tips] Neurons in the brain?
On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:19:15 -0800, Marc Carter wrote: >Weren't we just discussing this? > >"The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students scribbled out= >their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent again.= >'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia= , >said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.'" > >http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some-brainy-students/ The answer to your question is "Yes". However, the point you are trying to make "implicitly" may be lost on some readers of the article if they don't read all the way to the end where today we have: |Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this post contained incorrect |information about the number of brain cells. The article now correctly states states that the number is 100 billion. I think we've learned something very important today, namely, we can't expect reporters to even correctly report what they hear. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. Thanks to whoever fixed the Mail Archive which now has put up the past day's posts. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15925 or send a blank email to leave-15925-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Neurons in the brain?
Weren't we just discussing this?
"The room echoed with a slight scraping sound as the students scribbled out=
their answers on brightly colored sheets of paper, then fell silent again.=
'The answer,' Michael E. Goldberg, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia= ,
said into a microphone, 'is 100 million.'"
http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/06/now-these-are-some-brainy-students/
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