Talk:Archicortex

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2019 and 6 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Porter2226. Peer reviewers: Faisha S, AJS1998, Annakaji.

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Incomprehensible

There are several inconsistencies and contradictions which make the article incomprehensible.

"[Archicortex] is any cortex with fewer than six layers, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes." and the immediately following "[Archicortex] is necessary for hippocampus formation." and finally "Signals being sent from the limbic lobe to the hippocampal formations can go via the archicortex as an intermediate."

The first sentence unambiguously states that the hippocampus is part of the archicortex, while the second suggests that the archicortex and the hippocampal formation are two seperate structures by stating that the hippocampal formation is dependent upon the archicortex (and thus not part of it). Finally, the last sentence also indicates that the hippocampus is not archicortex, by stating that input to the hippocampus might enter via the archicortex, whereas if the hippocampus was part of the archicortex, this last sentence would be tautological.

The spelling mistakes also don't do the article any good.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.89.79.42 (talk) 17:39, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

something is fishy

Compare first sentence of this article to the one of paleocortex: Paleocortex is a type of cortical tissue that consists of three cortical laminae (layers of neuronal cell bodies).[1] In comparison, the neocortex has six layers and the archicortex has three or four layers.

Archicortex is a type of cortical tissue that consists of three cortical laminae (layers of neuronal cell bodies).[1] It has fewer laminae than both neocortex, which has six, and paleocortex, which has either four or five.

  I'm no expert nor a wiki-editor, just wanted to raise awareness!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.210.14.58 (talk) 09:15, 23 April 2014 (UTC) 

Merge proposal

Propose merge of Archicortex into Allocortex. This is a stub, and is a subtopic of allocortex. Information on one page could provoke its improvement. Iztwoz (talk) 11:46, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Things to change

General info: Whose work are you reviewing? (provide username) - Porter2226's article on Archicortex Link to draft you're reviewing: Archicortex

Lead evaluation: The lead section is at time not very easy to understand. I do appreciate that the well described structure is really interesting and important, but the lead doesn't expand on the "information-processing" capabilities, and only describes structures not very concisely (I would recommend a better flow of information, as the paragraphs are a bit disconnected in regards to what they are trying to explain).

Content and sources evaluation: Reviewing the sources, most were from the late 20th century and only one was a more recent one (2011). In my opinion, using recent research would expand this article significantly, as the writers would then potentially have better explanations for the function and mechanisms of Archicortex, not only its structure. On the other hand, the sources used are mostly from scholarly articles, except one: "Paleocortex", which is from a university's interactive bio website. Despite being useful, this information should be found in scholarly articles, making it more valid, and facilitating analysis since it should provide a deeper scope on the topic (use the scholarly articles referenced on this website - this should solve the problem).

Tone and balance evaluation: My greatest concern is the exploration of the function of this brain structure. 'Geographical' arrangements are always great for the reader to grasp a general view, but the mechanisms of activation, even if not very well understood, have to be more explicitly analyzed. The section "Memory" was very underrepresented, and in my personal opinion, should be headed "Function", for a more general grasp of the role of the Archicortex (even if it's just involved in memory function). Despite this, the article is very neutral, and covers the anatomy and basic biology of the structure really well.\

Overall evaluation: My overall impression is that this article is well written, has depth in the anatomical analysis of this cortex, and has the potential to be developed to encompass a more detailed explanation of how this structure plays a role in information processing in the brain.

Peer Review

The article overall looks good. The Lead hasn't been updated to reflect the new content; a sentence on structure & a sentence on memory should be added. The Lead also includes information that is not present in the article, making it overly detailed. Good content, though. Watch your tone: "Unlike the neocortex, current theories of the archicortex argue that it performs simple memorization without changing the input's format in any complex manner." This statement only presents one argument of current theories. Is this the only current theory? All the sources are good, but some aren't current (1971). Check the writing: "Archicortex is unable to classify inputs." Consider adding a "the" in front of "archicortex" here. The content is well-organized though. The article is definitely more complete & well cited.Annakaji (talk) 18:18, 24 October 2019 (UTC)