Monday, October 11, 2004
Revisiting Old Ideas
There's an annoyingly persistent myth that we only use 10% of our brain's capacity. It is, of course, not true. However, just what we do with all our brains' enormous power is almost totally unknown. A new study published in Nature doesn't really answer any questions, but poses a number of very interesting new ones. Researchers found that in adult ferrets, visual cortex activation closely mirrors visual input, and is 80% active even in a darkened (no visual input) room. In young ferrets, they observed neither a correlation of imagery to activation nor the idle activation in a dark room. Do infants really perceive reality in a totally different way than adults?
Less interestingly but still amusing, Kentucky researchers have found that women appear to be better at handling their liquor than men. We clearly have a few good exceptions to prove the rule.
Less interestingly but still amusing, Kentucky researchers have found that women appear to be better at handling their liquor than men. We clearly have a few good exceptions to prove the rule.
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