Posted by Neil Slade on August 23, 2007, at 23:55:43
In reply to Re: Clicking the Amygdala?!?!? » Neil Slade, posted by FredPotter on August 23, 2007, at 23:22:01
Okay, the observation about the so-called Sagan quote really intrigued me, because I actually didn't remember reading it myself- so here's where I believe the origin of the material came from, eventually landing on my site
http://www.viewzone.com/amygdala/index2.html
Viewzone wrote the above article about my work years ago, and the Sagan quote is actually something that the VIEWZONE author wrote, not myself. I reproduced HIS article on my site-- and I did not change his writing, which would be quite unethical-- and yes, of course, the so-called Sagan quote doesn't make much sense.
Good frontal lobes observation.
What is generally accepted by most, is that the number of neural connections in every brain is a staggering number. Typically, people create metaphors to express this number, and I actually remember someone, and it might have been Sagain, but I can't say for sure, but the observation is that this number is equivalent to the number of visible stars in the universe, or grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth.
Ask somebody like LeDoux, or MacLean, or Eccles, and I think they would concure without any hesitation. Its a big *ss number.
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