Thanks! I was having much trouble in validating these statements from the Body Worlds exhibit. Since I had to get the handout of questions I wanted students to find answers to, to our office staff I just omitted those two for now but can revisit them during the field trip on Saturday.
One thing that Body Worlds notes explicitly that I am going to gloss over as if it wasn't there is a statement that the most important neurtransmitters for memory are epinephrine and norepinephrine. I don't believe that is true at all to the best of my knowledge; in fact I thought acetylcholine is more likely implicated. But their statement is a very certainly provided statement and not even an implicated statement.' On the other hand, I would highly recommend the exhibit to anyone who has a chance to see it in their local communities, as it travels around the world. It is a bit basic for college students, but then again, for most of them the "review" is good :) especially for intro psych. 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 ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:47:22 -0400 >From: "Serafin, John" <john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu> >Subject: Re: [tips] Physio questions >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > >Annette, > >Kalat does at least partially address both of your questions in his bio >psych text. On the first question about sex differences, he cites a >source--here's the abstract on Pubmed: > >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12725764?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2 >.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSu >m > >or: > >http://tinyurl.com/ml2ozx > >In that study, the conclusion appears to be that males & females have >similar amounts of gray matter in the brain, but males have greater amount >of white matter. > >On your second question, Kalat is not as specific, and doesn't cite a source >for what he does say, so I'll leave that one to others. > >John >-- >John Serafin >Psychology Department >Saint Vincent College >Latrobe, PA 15650 >john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu > > > >> From: <tay...@sandiego.edu> >> Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >> <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> >> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:55:10 -0400 >> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >> <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> >> Conversation: [tips] Physio questions >> Subject: [tips] Physio questions >> >> 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) > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
