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In Computing there is often two different ways that a process can be executed, Pre-emptive Selection, or Lazy Selection. In Pre-emptive Selection something is known about the process before...
07 April 2015 6,339 5 View
Hydrostatic forces act to push at walls that are either buried or bermed. Can superadobe withstand the lateral forces at work in a bermed building, or will it need more lateral support such as...
02 March 2015 2,184 2 View
In a recent article, Yingxu Wang asserted that in a previous article he had determined that the thalamus was the CPU of the brain. I have heard in other articles and books that no CPU can be found...
18 November 2014 2,504 38 View
The Binding Problem is how do all the separate neurons in the brain, join together in making a representation of an object when they are not necessarily physically linked.
03 November 2014 2,709 5 View
In comparative neuro-anatomy there are evolutionary links between mollusks and vertebrates. Noting the relative position in the brain of the Mollusk Optical lobes, could they have evolved into the...
10 September 2014 6,857 3 View
The idea that light is both a wave and a particle (duality) is interesting, As a potential theory, what about the idea that light is a phase change from field to photon that is dependent on the...
17 April 2014 4,890 5 View
The Supramarginal Gyrus, is associated with inner trains of thought, and with language formation. The superior parietal Lobule with external trains of thought, and somatosensory processing. This...
24 November 2013 7,438 3 View
For some time now there has been controversy between the people who think that the cerebral cortex is important to consciousness and those that think it is sited in the brain stem. In this...
16 November 2013 4,326 4 View
Computers were originally designed around a brain model, and at one time were called electronic brains. Since then there has been some discussion as to whether they resemble brains or not. Today...
19 September 2013 796 82 View
The Angular Gyrus Model of Consciousness places the experiential image in the Angular Gyrus, but perhaps this is premature. It is possible that the Angular Gyrus is too early in the integration...
09 June 2013 8,662 4 View
Recent work has suggested that at least two types of declarative memory can be substituted for each other, and that the brain has two distinct memory access strategies, one for retrieval and one...
16 April 2013 989 7 View
The arcuate fasciculus is a fibrous tract in the white matter of the brain that connects the frontal lobes with areas in the Angular Gyrus, and Temporal Lobe. It is assumed to be involved in...
15 April 2013 3,207 1 View
MVPA post processing of fMRI images is used in research, but is the same process used in Magnetic Source Imaging?
07 April 2013 9,370 0 View
The particular signals that I want to explore are on the limit of MRI accuracy because they have too small a period. Because they can be detected either by EEG or by MEG type systems the idea of...
21 March 2013 2,044 1 View
Recent work on the Reticular Formation has suggested that it makes up a number of Arousal networks, that work together to make up part of the attention system. Of interest to me is the Basal...
12 February 2013 4,495 0 View
In sailing, the keel of the ship keeps it from blowing off course by using resistance against the water to stabilize the direction of the ship despite the wind direction. Could an underpowered...
16 January 2013 6,361 5 View
I am more and more looking at the fMRI technology as a way of describing the processes of the brain in terms of activation areas over time. I want to link MVPA triggering with EEG signals to see...
10 November 2012 4,156 13 View
I have recently been introduced to the 5 Network model of attention, and I am trying to integrate it's assumptions into my own model. One of the problems is that there has yet to be any link...
13 October 2012 8,680 0 View
Recent neural imaging studies using fMRI and MVPA seem to indicate that the brain has a strategy of adjusting for reduced memory performance by substituting familiarity for recall, and...
02 October 2012 4,434 3 View
Recent work on DMMC, has led me to the concept that meta-stability of brain waves has to do with facilitation of various memory systems. But this seems to lead to the idea that facilitation is...
26 August 2012 3,444 2 View
Scientists recently have discussed the concept of a "Feeling of knowing" the sense that we know something, despite the fact that we have not actually retrieved it yet. I have a theory about how...
27 July 2010 8,084 0 View
The Fast-Economy assumes that competition is everywhere, that everything can be reduced to a SWOT analysis, Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat. It is natural that everything is seen in...
12 May 2010 2,040 1 View
While Awareness requires its own treatment, reaction to context, should be possible using a system based on implicit memory.
18 March 2010 8,924 7 View
There are two types of memory in the human brain, Declarative Memory which we are all familiar with from computers, where essentially the memory can be searched via some index where each entry is...
12 December 2009 1,099 5 View
In Artificial Intelligence studies, your studies are not complete until you understand the Evolution Heuristic. A Heuristic is a strategy for approaching a problem. Unlike a logical statement...
31 August 2009 4,483 2 View
