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Earlier in the week, we were discussing reflexes and how they were produced.  A thought that came to mind is reflexes that a child is born with but eventually grows out of (like the galant reflex).  I was wondering how reflexes eventually become 'voluntary' functions, and if it was applicable to the mechano-receptors we had been talking about on Tuesday.

The question was also asked if there was a "force" for diversity in the brain.  I find it ironic that no hierarchy/leaders are present in the nervous system.  However, as far as we know, humans have worked with a social structure since the age of the neanderthals.  Perhaps our community of neurons doesn't translate their community into our social behavior; it is merely for structural convenience and doesn't permeate into how we behave socially.