
Science Is Growing At A Pace That Exceeds Our Comprehension. This Is No Less True Of Neuroscience Than Any Other Discipline. Ambiguity About What Is Known And What Has Been Disproven Confounds Researchers And Hampers Research Planning. There Are Simply Too Many Research Articles And Too Few Hours In The Day For Anyone To Read All That Is Relevant, Let Alone Distinguish The Reliable Results From The Sketchy Ones. Engineering The Next Revolution In Neuroscience Explores The Proposal That We Can Overcome These Obstacles To Scientific Progress, And Revolutionize Neuroscience, By Using A Framework To Map The Experimental Record. With Case Studies From Learning And Memory Research, The Authors Show That We Can Construct Networks Of Experimental Research That Make The State Of Our Knowledge Manifest. Armed With Maps Of Experiments, Scientists Can Determine More Efficiently What Their Fields Have Accomplished And Where The Unexplored Territories Still Reside.
This book investigates how the overwhelming volume of neuroscientific literature can be organized and synthesized to accelerate future discovery. Alcino J. Silva, a prominent neuroscientist, addresses the crisis of information overload that hinders experimental planning. He proposes a systematic framework for mapping the experimental record, arguing that by visualizing the connections between research findings, scientists can identify knowledge gaps and prioritize high-impact investigations more effectively.
What You Will Find
Experts recognize this work as a significant contribution to the philosophy and practice of modern scientific research. Readers frequently note the clarity of the proposed framework and its potential to transform how laboratories approach experimental design.
Page Count:
144
Publication Date:
2014-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10:
0199329044
ISBN-13:
9780199329045
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