http://mindhacks.com/2006/03/31/2006-03-31-spike-activity/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2006/03/31/2006-03-31-spike-activity/#comment-8024 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:02:13 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/31/2006-03-31-spike-activity/#comment-8024 Pet peeve in the neurochip story: “They used special proteins found in the brain to glue brain cells, called neurons, onto the chip.” The use of commas implies all brain cells are neurons, whereas glial cells far outnumber neurons in the brain. 10 to 1, last I checked.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2006/03/31/2006-03-31-spike-activity/#comment-8023 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:56:32 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/31/2006-03-31-spike-activity/#comment-8023 Personally, Maisel’s project is not so much touching as it is macabre. It’s a good setup for a horror flick.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2006/03/31/2006-03-31-spike-activity/#comment-8022 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:37:31 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/31/2006-03-31-spike-activity/#comment-8022 Regarding the different personality when speaking a different language. That is indeed my case but I’ve always though that was normal.
In my case I am Cuban-born, raised in the US, learned Spanish at home, English everywhere else, and now live in Spain. I’ve always noticed that Americans and Cubans, for example, have a different sense of humor. I never had much luck telling others jokes across the cultural boundary; however, I could laugh at jokes in either language. I express myself differently, in the two languages, too; it’s easier for me to write about emotional issues in Spanish, whereas I can be more objective in English.

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