Lower panels: plots of effective carrier density vs. doping in LSCO (left) and YBCO (right). The open squares are obtained from integrating the optical conductivity to 650 cm−1≈80~meV (lower points) and to 10,000 cm−1≈1.25~eV (upper points). The filled circles show the density of carriers determined from the Hall coefficient RH measured at 250 K (lower points) and at 720 K (upper points). Upper panels: estimates of the effective mass. From Padilla {\it et al.} \cite{padi05}.