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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 6,274 5 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 2,664 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 6,772 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 4,848 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 7,379 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 4,284 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 738 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 8,619 4 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 3,154 1 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 1,997 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 4,452 0 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 4,060 13 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 4,392 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 3,382 2 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 1,031 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 4,440 2 View