I had always assumed that this myth had its roots in the fact that most of the neocortex is not strictly either sensory or motor. Indeed, "association cortex" was often said to be "silent." I simply assumed that folks with other agenda (such as psychics and purveyors "mind improvement tapes, et al.) jumped on that, concluding that "if it's 'silent' that means we're not using it" and the myth just took off from there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Office: 610-436-3151 Department of Psychology Home: 610-363-1939 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Fax: 610-436-2846 West Chester, PA 19383 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, Father, Biopsychologist, Bluegrass Fiddler and Herpetoculturist............. in approximate order of importance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
