tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post4495861293712936021..comments2024-03-22T00:30:09.536-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Hah-Ha!The Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-38658071381330153862008-11-12T14:48:00.000-08:002008-11-12T14:48:00.000-08:00Bah, I was going to write about this. You're too f...Bah, I was going to write about this. You're too fast. So I had to make do with writing about the media coverage and common misconceptions of neuroscience.<BR/><BR/>Well spotted, elliott. Its crazy how often that kind of thing happens - what were the peer reviewers doing?Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-74672083116288563872008-11-11T16:52:00.000-08:002008-11-11T16:52:00.000-08:00Hmm, you have a point there. Converting the MNI in...Hmm, you have a point there. Converting the MNI into Talairach coordinates then using the <A HREF="http://www.talairach.org/" REL="nofollow">Talairach Daemon</A>, one gets Putamen, Lateral Ventricle [Caudate Body], and Caudate Body as the <A HREF="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IA5nokOFh84/SRokoUYxcGI/AAAAAAAACfQ/NChEZDZZ2eM/s1600-h/ventral+striatum+or+not.jpg" REL="nofollow">most likely locations</A> for the three striatal activations reported in Tables 2 and 3.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-73668339062387322612008-11-10T05:47:00.000-08:002008-11-10T05:47:00.000-08:00While the reverse inference from striatum activati...While the reverse inference from striatum activation -> pleasure is suspect in the first place, in this study it is laughable, because the claimed "ventral striatum" aka "pleasure center" activation is nowhere near the ventral striatum (z coordinate listed = 10!); if anything, it is in the dorsal thalamus, subcortical white matter, or perhaps the very dorsal caudate tail. Once again, lots of media, no real finding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com