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Is this article's title misleading or am I missing something? Shouldn't it be that "same neurons signal thirst for water, knowledge about water", as in "same ne
by atas 17y ago
Is this article's title misleading or am I missing something? Shouldn't it be that "same neurons signal thirst for water, knowledge about water", as in "same neurons signal 'thirst' for A, knowledge about A"? I think this is implied from the article but not from the title.
- ars 17y agoI can see how you would read the article that way, but no, I don't think it's implied by the article. However, it's a very subtle point, and a good one. Because if those "water wanting" neurons triggered only because the knowledge was about the thing they wanted: "water", then this research is (at least partially) invalid. I highly suggest you contact the authors of the study and ask them. However the point that monkeys do want the fore-knowledge still stands. (And since the fore-knowledge doesn't help the monkey, and monkeys are assumed to not do things for no reason, it's assumed that there is a part of the brain that wants knowledge.)
- TheSOB88 17y agoBasically, OP's saying that there is a group of neurons that fire when the person thinks about water. I wouldn't have it any other way.