All of this research, information, and knowledge must be communicated throughout the community in order for the field of neuroscience to grow and progress forward. Communication is conveyed through many conventions including published journal articles, research studies, and gatherings such as those held by the Society for Neuroscience. These different methods encourage scientists to join together and communicate their information so that the scientific knowledge of the community can grow.
Unfortunately, within the neuroscience community there is a communication problem. Scientists studying neuroscience specialize in different sub-fields of studying the brain and tend to stay in those specialties rather than come together to share data that could benefit the field as a whole (Harris, Millman, Olshausen, Sommer, Teeters). This is semi-unique to the field of neuroscience and other scientific fields that have many specialties within them. It is understandable, although unfortunate, that with such specific specialization scientists would lose sight of the big picture of research. Because of this, as long as this communication issue continues, the field of neuroscience can only progress a certain minimal amount. Fortunately, there have been measures taken to attempt to unite the various neuroscience specialists together to collectively share their knowledge. The purpose of the Society for Neuroscience is to gather researchers and other members in the field together to share new research obtained regarding how the brain and nervous system function (Society for Neuroscience). Other conferences have also been held to introduce ideas such as “computational neuroscience,” which helps scientists gather data into a collective database that is accessible to all researchers throughout the community (Harris, Millman, Olshausen, Sommer, Teeters).
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