If I was to write a neuroscience exam question, it would look something like this:
It is known that a specific region of the forebrain is involved in making lists. Synaptic activity in that region occurs at up to 40 Hz. Transduction of list items from cognitive abstracts to audible sounds occurs at 1 Hz. The axonal time constants in Broca's area (hint: responsible for speech generation) are 0.14 sec^-1.
What is the highest number you can count to out loud in one minute?
How many people do you think would furiously write unit conversions and decay functions on the answer sheet? How many would stare at their wristwatches and time themselves counting?
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- Don
- 5th year Grad Student at Rutgers, in the Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering Lab. I race my bikes and sit in my lab, pondering neuromotor control and concocting blog posts. When the opportunity arises, I partake in Karaoke.
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