Saige RutherfordFeb 10, 2023
Malin Sandström

New in TiNS: The tricky business of defining brain functions

”Observations lead to interpretations. Interpretations become concepts. And concepts may become dogmas that feel so intuitive, so natural, that they are accepted without question. We should, from time to time, re-evaluate the core beliefs of our fields of study.”

https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/fulltext/S0166-2236(22)00213-2

I really wish there was wider awareness of this issue, especially outside of academia

Dec 28, 2022 at 4:50pmWeb
Show threadAnnick TanguayDec 28, 2022
@msandstr interesting and inspiring. Good reminder that despite (sometimes) decades of relevant research, we should be careful with any assumption.
Show threadMalin SandströmDec 29, 2022
@annicktanguay I’ve learned to appreciate the difficulty of words and meaning via people working with ontologies/controlled vocabularies for their subfield and between subfields - it seems it is hard to reach agreement on *exactly* what a term means and encompasses even for people working in the same subfield. And for people in another similar field, a term might not mean exactly the same thing. Even for concrete things like anatomy and instrumentation.
Show threadTony VladusichDec 29, 2022
@msandstr Amen