Woo Hoo tips is back! Body Worlds, the brain is in town and I am taking my students on Saturday. I went through the exhibit a few days ago and made lots of notes and things for them to notice.
Some of the exhibits noted information that I was not too sure about and googling didn't help me with the information. I am hoping tipsters will know: (1) Are there gender differences in amount grey versus white matter? In particular do men or women have more prominent cell bodies or axon fiber connections? (2) Is it true that a 2-year old's brain is the same size as an adult's brain and is it true that it has exactly twice as many synapses? Thanks! (any refs would be helpful as well--incidentally, my physio person here was not sure of these and does not believe these answers are in a standard physio text). So glad tips is back. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
