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| Title |
Plastic neuroscience: studying what the brain cares about
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, April 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00176 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joseph Dumit |
| Abstract |
Drawing on Allan Newell's "You can't play 20 questions with nature and win," this article proposes that neuroscience needs to go beyond binary hypothesis testing and design experiments that follow what neurons care about. Examples from Lettvin et. al. are used to demonstrate that one can experimentally play with neurons and generate surprising results. In this manner, brains are not confused with persons, rather, persons are understood to do things with their brains. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 35 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 34 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 17% |
| Researcher | 5 | 14% |
| Professor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 17% |
| Unknown | 4 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 7 | 20% |
| Psychology | 6 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 14% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 14% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 March 2015.
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#12,851,681
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Outputs from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
#3,499
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#105,557
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
#138
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