Recent content by shruth

Human infants show an array of reflexes which are fundamental instintive behaviours. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003292.htm

I would never suggest GEB for starters...It is an amazing book - but only if you are already exposed to some simpler stuff. Phantoms in the Brain is what I would suggest someone first.

In an ideal world the rate a student is taught should be tailored to his/her abilities. But again, that would be an ideal world. It is inescapable that some children can learn some things quicker than others and each child has his/her own domain of excellence. Practical implementation of this is...

There are a few things in the paper that i did not understand. 1. How is that B- galactosidase activity correlates spatially with GPR54 location? 2. Why do you think two mice yielded only 20 neurons? Why did they not use more samples? Is it because the knockout mice are very costly or...

Neither guns, nor physics nor biology kill people. It is people who kill people. It is the job of biology to figure out why they do so.

proletariat? I'm never sure of its meaning usually, nor its spelling!

I too feel that we should focus more on experimental neuroscience. And I found one paper that seems to have something for everyone. Ongoing Spontaneous Activity Controls Access to Consciousness: A Neuronal Model for Inattentional Blindness Stanislas Dehaene, Jean-Pierre Changeux PLoS...

Good job fi... Your turn to FIddle :wink:

Okay...last clue. The smaller 7 letter word primarily means an italian aria. Drop 'a' letter from its end and prefix it with the inclusive preposition and you are on your way to the bigger word:smile:

Should we all declare our educational level and field of interest so that an informed choice can be made about the kind of papers that are picked for discussion? Also, maybe it would be better if we allotted 2 weeks for each paper. This would give everyone enough time to read it and formulate...

Ok... the smaller word's primarily an aria.

Nope. One clue...the shorter word is 7 letters long!

A hymn within a hymn?...Ah, well, nearly...its just 'a' letter short!

I believe that there is some substance in saltydog's argument. Occam's razor can only be used if there are two competing arguments which 'explain' a phenomenon. We are not discussing whether the mind is a property of the brain...there is sufficient evidence towards that. But what is moot is...

complement? Damn...i should've put it up at the first clue, but I felt silly about my last attempt!