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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Neuroanatomy

Background:

The assumption of limitless cognitive resources is prevalent across mind/brain sciences.
This assumption has paradoxical implications in neuroscience, particularly concerning quantitative anatomical data.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the quantitative incoherence in neuroanatomical studies of cortical connectivity.
To explore the origins of this inattention to quantitative consistency in brain science.

Main Methods:

Analysis of key anatomical studies on cortical connectivity.
Examination of data on cortical sheet area, synaptic density, and axonal arborizations.

Main Results:

Identified quantitative incoherence in critical neuroanatomical data.
Highlighted inconsistencies in studies of visual cortex connectivity.

Conclusions:

The tacit assumption of unbounded cognitive resources leads to paradoxical and quantitatively inconsistent findings in neuroscience.
Inattention to quantitative consistency in neuroanatomy may stem from extending non-spatial concepts of mind to the physical brain structure.