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Most neurology reports are case reports of 1 patient, the most notable of all of course being Phineas Gauge.

• TheBiv 12y ago
  Howdy! I definitely understand how a lot of neurological progress has happened with single person experiments. I guess my main quip is how matter-of-fact this article expresses the finding! Then again, I may just be arguing over semantics and not taking the gist of the finding. I appreciate your simple note to remind me of the fact that the finding is the cool thing, not the words used when being reported!
  • robbiep 12y ago
    Very courteous reply. With regard to the tone of the article, I guess you could say new scientist often take that tone. Have a nice day!
• oelmekki 12y ago
  Isn't it a problem ? I'm only looking this field from far, as public interest does, but I kind of remember reading brain can actually reorganize so that impaired zone's functionality are transferred to other ones, to compensate. If I'm not mistaken here, doesn't this make using a single subject even more of a problem in neuroscience than in other science experiments ?
  • ElliotH 12y ago
    Even in other fields if you were just 'exploring', ie you didn't know what controlled experiment to perform, you would perform sample size 1 experiments in the hope of generating a testable hypothesis. That doesn't mean you can draw conclusions from this study, but it does introduce an intriguing option for a future study with controls and a larger sample size.
    • oelmekki 12y ago
      Ok, I see. It's actually stating strong hypothesis rather than being a weak study. Thanks.