Set 4 True/False Fall 2009
... 1. The Functionalist Theory of pain claims that mental states are identical with brain states; minds are nothing but brains configured in a certain way. - False. This is actually the Identity Theory of pain, while the Functionalist Theory claims that mental states, like valves and word-processing pr ...
... 1. The Functionalist Theory of pain claims that mental states are identical with brain states; minds are nothing but brains configured in a certain way. - False. This is actually the Identity Theory of pain, while the Functionalist Theory claims that mental states, like valves and word-processing pr ...
Daniel Dennett on the Nature of Consciousness
... not have occurred at all. Indeed, even if the subject herself could not report a difference because, for instance, she could not remember the experience, it seems there would be, at the very least, an in principle way to tell the difference (Korb 1993; Seager 1999). For if one sequence is held up, b ...
... not have occurred at all. Indeed, even if the subject herself could not report a difference because, for instance, she could not remember the experience, it seems there would be, at the very least, an in principle way to tell the difference (Korb 1993; Seager 1999). For if one sequence is held up, b ...
Why do Breakups "Hurt?" - Wyoming Scholars Repository
... the body. By examining the way pain and emotions are processed in the brain and how different people experience pain, one would hope to answer the question of why breakups and emotional distress are considered painful. Also, by comparing the experience of pain between different groups of people, the ...
... the body. By examining the way pain and emotions are processed in the brain and how different people experience pain, one would hope to answer the question of why breakups and emotional distress are considered painful. Also, by comparing the experience of pain between different groups of people, the ...
Evolutionarily conserved prefrontal-amygdalar dysfunction in early
... that lack direct structural connections.28,29,31 This is critical because the Ce nucleus is the major output region of the amygdala and receives relatively few direct projections from prefrontal regions implicated in the regulation of stress and anxiety.19,32–34 Therefore, the regulation of Ce nucle ...
... that lack direct structural connections.28,29,31 This is critical because the Ce nucleus is the major output region of the amygdala and receives relatively few direct projections from prefrontal regions implicated in the regulation of stress and anxiety.19,32–34 Therefore, the regulation of Ce nucle ...
Resting-state Functional mR imaging
... With a short acquisition time of less than 10 minutes, RS functional MR imaging can be applied in special populations such as children and patients with dementia. Some RSNs are already present in utero, while others mature in childhood. Around 10 major RSNs are consistently found in adults, but thei ...
... With a short acquisition time of less than 10 minutes, RS functional MR imaging can be applied in special populations such as children and patients with dementia. Some RSNs are already present in utero, while others mature in childhood. Around 10 major RSNs are consistently found in adults, but thei ...
4. Conclusions and Perspectives - RuCCS
... either the right or the left visual field and participants were required to indicate whether or not the circle surrounded a point previously occupied by a dot. The perceptual task was similar except that the dot patterns remained on the screen while the circle was presented. Reaction times and error ...
... either the right or the left visual field and participants were required to indicate whether or not the circle surrounded a point previously occupied by a dot. The perceptual task was similar except that the dot patterns remained on the screen while the circle was presented. Reaction times and error ...
Lycan Levels
... Figure 1: On the left are the functional and structural characterizations of the entities at each of several levels of nature. See text for further explanation. The same information is represented on the right as a hierarchy. ...
... Figure 1: On the left are the functional and structural characterizations of the entities at each of several levels of nature. See text for further explanation. The same information is represented on the right as a hierarchy. ...
Visceral sensitivity and functional dyspepsia
... other symptoms of dyspepsia. However, its features and significance remain uncertain despite the fact that there is plenty of evidence that patients with functional dyspepsia have a lower hypersensitivity threshold than do patients with organic causes of dyspepsia. Hypersensitivity is clearly relate ...
... other symptoms of dyspepsia. However, its features and significance remain uncertain despite the fact that there is plenty of evidence that patients with functional dyspepsia have a lower hypersensitivity threshold than do patients with organic causes of dyspepsia. Hypersensitivity is clearly relate ...
Mihai POLCEANU O.R.P.H.E.U.S.: Reasoning and
... space and real time. It also becomes increasingly harder to build intelligent agents that can meaningfully interpret and act in unknown situations. In this thesis, we take inspiration from cognitive science, specifically from how humans perform mental simulation to anticipate events in the world aro ...
... space and real time. It also becomes increasingly harder to build intelligent agents that can meaningfully interpret and act in unknown situations. In this thesis, we take inspiration from cognitive science, specifically from how humans perform mental simulation to anticipate events in the world aro ...
Alleys of Your Mind: Augmented Intelligence and Its
... intelligent machines as a quest for the positive definition of error, abnormality, trauma, and catastrophe—a set of concepts that need to be understood in their cognitive, technological and political composition. It may be surprising for some to find out that Foucault’s history of biopower and techn ...
... intelligent machines as a quest for the positive definition of error, abnormality, trauma, and catastrophe—a set of concepts that need to be understood in their cognitive, technological and political composition. It may be surprising for some to find out that Foucault’s history of biopower and techn ...
BZA BCI Projects
... Most BCIs translate your brain’s electrical activity (EEGs) into messages or commands. ...
... Most BCIs translate your brain’s electrical activity (EEGs) into messages or commands. ...
ppt - CSE, IIT Bombay
... the artificial-intelligence community'. The different models of conceptbased perception are suggested as attempts at solving this problem. A machine with a developed concept-based perception can be rightly taken as a 'thinking machine'. The second problem is-'experience barrier' as I would call it-o ...
... the artificial-intelligence community'. The different models of conceptbased perception are suggested as attempts at solving this problem. A machine with a developed concept-based perception can be rightly taken as a 'thinking machine'. The second problem is-'experience barrier' as I would call it-o ...
Deductive Reasoning
... While the mental rules and mental models theories have many differences, they both claim that the cognitive mechanism for deductive reasoning is a general-purpose reasoning mechanism central to reasoning and problem solving. There are several alternative views that deny this claim. One view is that ...
... While the mental rules and mental models theories have many differences, they both claim that the cognitive mechanism for deductive reasoning is a general-purpose reasoning mechanism central to reasoning and problem solving. There are several alternative views that deny this claim. One view is that ...
The functional role of dorso-lateral premotor cortex
... When subjects are asked to indicate whether two objects are identical or mirror versions of each other, response time usually increases linearly with the angular disparity between objects. As a linear relationship between rotation angle and rotation time is also obtained in actual object rotation, i ...
... When subjects are asked to indicate whether two objects are identical or mirror versions of each other, response time usually increases linearly with the angular disparity between objects. As a linear relationship between rotation angle and rotation time is also obtained in actual object rotation, i ...
Title
... both when the monkey performs certain actions and when the monkey observes someone else (monkey or human) performing those actions.1 The same researchers also discovered mirror neurons in humans.2 One neuroscientist, not from the Parma group, predicts that “mirror neurons will do for psychology what ...
... both when the monkey performs certain actions and when the monkey observes someone else (monkey or human) performing those actions.1 The same researchers also discovered mirror neurons in humans.2 One neuroscientist, not from the Parma group, predicts that “mirror neurons will do for psychology what ...
Supplementary Information (doc 2155K)
... normalization, this approach provided enhanced anatomical sensitivity and selectivity compared to the probabilistic ‘centromedial’ amygdala ROI distributed with the FSL software package30. The Ce ROI prescription was derived from Ref. 31 (see Fig. 4 in the main report and Fig. S4). The ROI began 4 m ...
... normalization, this approach provided enhanced anatomical sensitivity and selectivity compared to the probabilistic ‘centromedial’ amygdala ROI distributed with the FSL software package30. The Ce ROI prescription was derived from Ref. 31 (see Fig. 4 in the main report and Fig. S4). The ROI began 4 m ...
Mental rotation and object categorization share a common network
... hemisphere, is necessary for the object mental rotation function implicated in MVPT (Corballis, 1997; Harris and Miniussi, 2003). The mental rotation task is a well-established spatial cognition paradigm in which participants see two objects in different orientations and decide whether they are eith ...
... hemisphere, is necessary for the object mental rotation function implicated in MVPT (Corballis, 1997; Harris and Miniussi, 2003). The mental rotation task is a well-established spatial cognition paradigm in which participants see two objects in different orientations and decide whether they are eith ...
A Computational Foundation for the Study of Cognition
... 2.1 Combinatorial-state automata Simple finite-state automata are unsatisfactory for many purposes, due to the monadic nature of their states. The states in most computational formalisms have a combinatorial structure: a cell pattern in a cellular automaton, a combination of tape-state and head-stat ...
... 2.1 Combinatorial-state automata Simple finite-state automata are unsatisfactory for many purposes, due to the monadic nature of their states. The states in most computational formalisms have a combinatorial structure: a cell pattern in a cellular automaton, a combination of tape-state and head-stat ...
Meaning in Artificial Agents: The Symbol Grounding Problem
... To demonstrate this last thesis, Harnad developed his own version of the Chinese room thought experiment (Harnad 1992): let us imagine a robot built up in such a way that it could, by its own means, provide representations to each of the symbols it manipulates. Furthermore, let us imagine that thank ...
... To demonstrate this last thesis, Harnad developed his own version of the Chinese room thought experiment (Harnad 1992): let us imagine a robot built up in such a way that it could, by its own means, provide representations to each of the symbols it manipulates. Furthermore, let us imagine that thank ...
The Chinese Room Argument
... mental states are defined by the causal role they play in a system (just as a door stop is defined by what it does, not by what it is made out of). Critics of functionalism were quick to turn its proclaimed virtue of multiple realizability against it. In contrast with type-type identity theory, func ...
... mental states are defined by the causal role they play in a system (just as a door stop is defined by what it does, not by what it is made out of). Critics of functionalism were quick to turn its proclaimed virtue of multiple realizability against it. In contrast with type-type identity theory, func ...
Searle on Emergence
... either from the sheer structure of neurons or from their mutual causal relations. I think that in speaking of an additional account of causal relations, Searle means not only mutual interactions between individual neurons but also those causal relations which occur only at the macrolevel and need no ...
... either from the sheer structure of neurons or from their mutual causal relations. I think that in speaking of an additional account of causal relations, Searle means not only mutual interactions between individual neurons but also those causal relations which occur only at the macrolevel and need no ...
Mental state inference using visual control parameters
... mental simulation mode. The key element for this extended function is the dual role of the FM that is mediated by inhibitory mechanisms. During task execution, the parietal cortex, the premotor cortex and FM implement a visuomanual servo, where the FM compensates for visual feedback delays. During m ...
... mental simulation mode. The key element for this extended function is the dual role of the FM that is mediated by inhibitory mechanisms. During task execution, the parietal cortex, the premotor cortex and FM implement a visuomanual servo, where the FM compensates for visual feedback delays. During m ...
ling411-13-FunctionalWebs - OWL-Space
... “…activation of the web, so to speak, completes itself as a result of the strong web-internal links. If the web of neurons is considered a memory representation of an object and each neuron to represent one particular feature of this object memory, the full ignition would be the neuronal correlate o ...
... “…activation of the web, so to speak, completes itself as a result of the strong web-internal links. If the web of neurons is considered a memory representation of an object and each neuron to represent one particular feature of this object memory, the full ignition would be the neuronal correlate o ...
Mental Imagery in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review
... the neural reorganization following motor imagery training is similar to the changes that take place as a result of actual physical training. Similarly, many other studies have also shown imagery related neural reorganization in stroke and other brain injured conditions. In contrast to the studies o ...
... the neural reorganization following motor imagery training is similar to the changes that take place as a result of actual physical training. Similarly, many other studies have also shown imagery related neural reorganization in stroke and other brain injured conditions. In contrast to the studies o ...