After completing reading the excerpts of Seung’s Connectome, please complete the following questions.
Question 1:
The Connectome is one example of how science can be skillfully coupled with art and in doing so can help to make our scientific understanding all the more rich. In many cases, Sebastian Seung poetically uses metaphor and/or analogy to illustrate a point. With this in mind, select the correct term from the drop down that best matches the metaphor or analogy used by Seung.
Term:
Forest:
1: Personality. 2: Genome. 3: Brain. 4: Neuronal activity. 5: Neurons. 6: DNA. 7: Branches. 8: Neuronal pathways or connectome. 9: Synapse.
Trees:
1: Personality. 2: Genome. 3: Brain. 4: Neuronal activity. 5: Neurons. 6: DNA. 7: Branches. 8: Neuronal pathways or connectome. 9: Synapse.
Streambed of conciousness:
1: Personality. 2: Genome. 3: Brain. 4: Neuronal activity. 5: Neurons. 6: DNA. 7: Branches. 8: Neuronal pathways or connectome. 9: Synapse.
Stream:
1: Personality. 2: Genome. 3: Brain. 4: Neuronal activity. 5: Neurons. 6: DNA. 7: Branches. 8: Neuronal pathways or connectome. 9: Synapse.
Question 2:
In an effort to communicate how enormous and daunting the task of studying the human brain might be, Seung stated that the brain’s complexity is so vast that it might as well be considered:
A: More complicated than any other living creature.
B: Empty
C: Infinite
D: Unknowable.
Question 3:
Write a short paragraph that:
1) Explains why is it sometimes better to study a brain that is already dead rather than one that is still alive? In other words, what are the limitations of studying live brains? Please try to paraphrase from the reading two limitations using your own words.
2) Based on the reading, answer why some neuroscientists would argue that living brains or living tissue is required to study the brain?
Question 4:
What are three ways or categories that the genome and connectome are different? After stating the category please explain how they are different using full sentences. Below is an example of a category and explanation and how I’d like you to organize your answers.
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