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8:24 AM

@StevenJeuris That is not a lot. Hope you can manage it with all your other work. Speaking of which, I do need some moderator help

Ebbinghaus and I are currently moderating the Facebook page, and Ebbinghaus thought to post the general EEG question ( cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/15845/… ). Given the extensive discussion in the comments I thought that might not be the best idea. Is it possible to move the comments to the linked meta-post? Some of the points (e.g. not Q-A style of the initial question) are already resolved also.

Meta Cognition

9:03 AM

Q: Actively engaging psychology departments on Facebook?

For some months now we have a magnificent Facebook page on which questions are posted on a weekly basis, with a short accompanying text. However, we are having some troubles getting an audience (we only have 19 page likes, i.e. subscribers, today (26-10-2016)). We are currently testing different ...

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Bio Neuroscience Questions

2:14 PM

Q: Does every nerve ending send information to the brain separately?

Does every nerve ending send information to the brain separately? Is there a nerve path (I don't know their scientific name) from every nerve ending to the brain; or are they sent to brain from the same paths in the dorsal root ganglion? If not, how can we determine the (almost) exact location of...

human-biology neuroscience human-physiology peripheral-nervous-system

Steven Jeuris

3:14 PM

@RobinKramer I can only really move comments to chat. However, at this point we could point to them from meta. Would that help?

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Robin Kramer

6:09 PM

@StevenJeuris Think that would be fine indeed :) I guess that the same points are being made in Meta indeed.

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Bio Neuroscience Questions

11:05 PM

Q: Is the enteric nervous system found only in vertebrates?

The enteric nervous system is distinguished by being autonomous from the central nervous system and capable of independent action, such as the peristaltic reflex. For this reason the the intestines can be removed from the body of a vertebrate creature and they will still function. Is this type o...