Forum Archive - Week 2 Different organisms behave sort of the
same but sort of differently; their nervous systems are sort of
the same but sort of different; their nervous systems look more
and more similar at smaller and smaller scales ... does this
make sense? does it make you think differently about the nervous
system? about behavior? what new questions/issues does it raise?
Name: Stephanie Habelow Date: 2003-01-28 18:35:41 Message Id:
4311 Last week I was fence-sitting regarding the claim that
brain = behavior, but now I feel inclined to say that it could
go either way. By this I mean that while our brain does control
our behavior, our behavior is often the result of an external
input. For instance, we are often influenced by what we read in
the newspaper or in magazines, and also by other people's
opinions. In this sense, I don't think it is specifically the
brain that dictates our behavior, but whatever it is that
affects us. I think the question we are discussing (whether
there's nothing more to behavi