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There is the implied assumption that divergent evolutionary traditions eliminate convergent features. I am of the opinion that despite divergent traditions, some features may converge if there is...
11 November 2015 6,826 3 View
Given the eventual emulation of the whole brain, How will we be able to test it's awareness to prove that it is a perfect emulation? Evidence seems to suggest that the human brain kludges this...
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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...
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Since Libett's work, there are many people who have questioned the idea of free will, since the fact that much of the work done before a decision is preconscious and consciousness only seems to...
11 November 2014 6,229 16 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...
11 November 2014 3,385 39 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...
09 September 2014 9,099 4 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...
04 April 2014 5,892 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...
11 November 2013 5,272 3 View
After reading a recent (2011) article on cooperation of the default mode network, and the frontal-parietal network in internal trains of thought, it became obvious to me that there were two...
10 October 2013 3,882 6 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...
09 September 2013 2,484 76 View
Recent discussion here on Researchgate has suggested that centers in the Angular Gyrus, may be involved in creation of core consciousness. This has the added cachet of allowing consciousness to...
03 March 2013 5,822 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...
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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...
11 November 2012 6,542 14 View
Most current models of memory ignore the >3 second and
08 August 2012 790 4 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...
08 August 2012 8,440 2 View
Fish are earlier than reptiles in the evolutionary tree, in most cases, (some were reptiles but returned to the water) so they probably don't as a general rule have spindling cells in their...
02 February 2012 8,622 19 View
A recent artlcle in Aug 25 Neuron Journal, claims that Boston University has discovered Time-Cells, that allow the hippocampus to map episodal memory, sequences according to temporal...
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It is nice to be able to find a general solution to a mathematical formula rather than have to calculate each term in the formula separately.
12 December 2010 7,826 2 View
Why are some things complex and others simple? George Whitesides recently discussed simplicity and he said that simple things were: Stable and Predictable Cheap Stackable. What makes...
08 August 2010 7,982 39 View
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Has anyone had experience programming in SCALA? This language, combines concepts from advanced functional languages such as Eiffel, and Object oriented languages including Java, to produce a...
02 February 2010 3,344 3 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 4,999 6 View
For those who want an update on the (relatively) current state of Neuroscience but don't have the resources yet to get the actual scientific journals, or who are concentrating too closely on their...
10 October 2009 4,237 0 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...
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