the liver and the brain

[dan michaels]

r norman <rsn_ at _comcast.net> wrote in message news:<p81cj0dpssidqvd146ckens4c5hss9t0tb at 4ax.com>...

> 
> The evidence is quite clear.  There is good, hard experimental data to
> prove that genetically determined motor pattern generating circuits do
> exist in mammals in general and humans in particular.  There is also
> good, hard experimental data to prove that experience and synaptic
> modification is usually necessary to make these circuits function
> appropriately to produce useful, responsive, and adaptive behavior in
> the functioning organism.
> 


Thanks for all the references. It'll take a while to get through them.
Your summary doesn't help much, however, as it doesn't distinquish
between ungulates which run within minutes of being born as compared
to humans which take a year or so to make it to pokey walking. Off to
the abstracts.