A simple primer for those new to behavioral science assays
June 22, 2016
1) Behavior is plural
2) No behavioral assay is a simple readout of the function of your favorite nucleus, neuronal subpopulation, receptor subtype, intracellular protein or gene.
DrugMonkey 
June 22, 2016 at 9:30 am
“He interrupts others when they’re speaking. He dismisses the arguments of others as incorrect, when in fact he merely disagrees with them. He judges arguments subjectively rather than objectively. Those are behaviors that are inappropriate.”
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June 22, 2016 at 10:34 am
In mice.
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June 22, 2016 at 11:00 am
“Those are behaviors that are inappropriate.”
So drop the “s” from behaviors because it’s already plural as behavior.
Thanks for the tip. Especially helpful for paper and grant titles where every character counts.
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June 22, 2016 at 11:26 am
What is the singular?
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June 22, 2016 at 11:30 am
1) Behavior are plural?
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June 22, 2016 at 11:37 am
lets not get stuck on semantics and grammar people. there is a point here.
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June 22, 2016 at 12:12 pm
It is a complex trait (plural), so the most you could say is how your favorite individual component (singular) influences the whole?
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June 22, 2016 at 3:10 pm
Singular is ‘behavio’ duh
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June 23, 2016 at 9:52 am
“No behavioral assay is a simple readout of the function of your favorite nucleus”
Please keep this a secret. The more people know about this, the harder it’s going to be for me to reject grants and papers.
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