The thing that makes the thalamus quite special is that itâs a relatively small, very concentrated area deep inside the brain, and a small change in the location of the stroke can produce a substantial change in how the stroke affects the survivor, Dr. Schmahmann said.
Ibid. (Latin, short for ibidem, meaning the same place) is the term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation or reference for a source that was cited in the preceding endnote or footnote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibid.
Accordingly, factoids may give rise to, or arise from, common misconceptions and urban legends. 1  Several decades after the term was coined by Mailer, it grew to have several meanings, some of which are quite different from each other. In 1993, William Safire identified several contrasting senses of factoid:  1 factoid: accusatory: misinformation purporting to be factual; or, a phony statistic..  2 factoid: neutral: seemingly though not necessarily factual.  3 factoid: (the CNN version): a little-known bit of information; trivial but interesting data..