Might be a better idea to skim one of her papers: “The remarkable, yet not extraordinary, human brain as a scaled-up primate brain and its associated cost”, Herculano-Houzel 2012
Thanks. I think my problem is that I’m not especially familiar with the point of view she’s arguing against. However, I think it’s interesting that the unsourced estimated of neurons (100 billion) came in so close to the right number (86 billion).
Might be a better idea to skim one of her papers: “The remarkable, yet not extraordinary, human brain as a scaled-up primate brain and its associated cost”, Herculano-Houzel 2012
Thanks. I think my problem is that I’m not especially familiar with the point of view she’s arguing against. However, I think it’s interesting that the unsourced estimated of neurons (100 billion) came in so close to the right number (86 billion).