tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post115394699334282462..comments2024-03-14T23:52:09.893-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Spindle Neurons: The Next New Thing?The Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-63474376389771373552012-11-09T09:55:34.736-08:002012-11-09T09:55:34.736-08:00Very helpful article. Thank you so much. You mig...Very helpful article. Thank you so much. You might be interested in reading this:<br /><br /><a href="http://permavegan.com/2012/11/09/aside-freyas-distaff-the-spindle-of-fate-and-a-spindle-neuron-hypothesis/" rel="nofollow">Aside: Freya's Distaff, the Spindle of Fate and a Spindle Neuron Hypothesis</a>.Jonathan W. Maxsonhttp://www.permavegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-29732162140485154172007-11-27T06:19:00.000-08:002007-11-27T06:19:00.000-08:00huh? neuroeconomics...?was is dat? ... 'Josephs' b...huh? neuroeconomics...?<BR/>was is dat? ... 'Josephs' blog is 'inaccessible'...<BR/>Otherwise, overall, interesting reading .... thanks....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-20332213363213928852007-03-17T07:14:00.000-07:002007-03-17T07:14:00.000-07:00I want to put in a plug for collaborative efforts ...I want to put in a plug for collaborative efforts in comparative neurobiology. I participated in the project in which Nimchinsky, Hof, et al. (1999) discovered that spindle (von Economo) neurons occur in orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos, as well as humans. This certainly stimulated additional work by Allman and his students, as well as Hof, his students, and colleagues. I just attended a meeting in Cambridge, Mass, where Tania Singer reported on her fMRI work with humans, where she again described how anterior insula light up in response to stimuli intended to arouse empathy, etc. These areas, of course, are bilateral, but the intensity of the response appeared to me to be very lateralized from the images she showed. Independent evidence of lateralization of insular function exists, and even though she said she did not see lateralization, it was so obvious I think there needs to be another look. These VEN-rich areas seem to be involved in what I would describe as "evaluation" and decision making based on comparisons of values. Since there is much individual variation in values held and value judgements, it seems important to pay much attention to individual differences in studies of this kind, and this seems especially important not only to our understanding of human consciousness, but seems fundamental to the developing field of neuroeconomics.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164997885157839477noreply@blogger.com