Latest Findings in the Mechanisms of Cortical `Arousal`: `Enabling
... pyramidal (projecting-out) cells in adjacent cortical columns (Dringenberg, 1998). This is likely achieved by preventing the escape of potassium (K+) ions from these cells (Jones, 1998). This tonic effect on parts of the cortex presumably leads to the conscious state shared by quiet waking and REM s ...
... pyramidal (projecting-out) cells in adjacent cortical columns (Dringenberg, 1998). This is likely achieved by preventing the escape of potassium (K+) ions from these cells (Jones, 1998). This tonic effect on parts of the cortex presumably leads to the conscious state shared by quiet waking and REM s ...
Latest Findings in the Mechanisms of Cortical `Arousal`: `Enabling
... pyramidal (projecting-out) cells in adjacent cortical columns (Dringenberg, 1998). This is likely achieved by preventing the escape of potassium (K+) ions from these cells (Jones, 1998). This tonic effect on parts of the cortex presumably leads to the conscious state shared by quiet waking and REM s ...
... pyramidal (projecting-out) cells in adjacent cortical columns (Dringenberg, 1998). This is likely achieved by preventing the escape of potassium (K+) ions from these cells (Jones, 1998). This tonic effect on parts of the cortex presumably leads to the conscious state shared by quiet waking and REM s ...
1 1 1 1 - UPM ASLab
... The Φ calculation has to be done for all subsets and all cuts in all subsets to discover the least Φ which is the Φ for the whole network. Gamez has shown that to predict the Φ of a 30-neuron network it would take a state-of-the-art computer 1010 years (!) ...
... The Φ calculation has to be done for all subsets and all cuts in all subsets to discover the least Φ which is the Φ for the whole network. Gamez has shown that to predict the Φ of a 30-neuron network it would take a state-of-the-art computer 1010 years (!) ...
What Are Emotional States, and Why Do We
... press; Rolls & Grabenhorst, 2008). The second is instrumental learning of an action made to approach and obtain the reward or to avoid or escape from the punisher. This is action–outcome learning, and involves brain regions such as the cingulate cortex when the actions are being guided by the goals, ...
... press; Rolls & Grabenhorst, 2008). The second is instrumental learning of an action made to approach and obtain the reward or to avoid or escape from the punisher. This is action–outcome learning, and involves brain regions such as the cingulate cortex when the actions are being guided by the goals, ...
research statement
... With raising awareness and deepening neurobiological knowledge of neural processes that take place in living creatures and the development of computational techniques, it is possible to build complex dynamic, reactive neural automatically reconfigurable associative systems for modeling real machine ...
... With raising awareness and deepening neurobiological knowledge of neural processes that take place in living creatures and the development of computational techniques, it is possible to build complex dynamic, reactive neural automatically reconfigurable associative systems for modeling real machine ...
Conscious
... - is a physically addictive drug that produces tolerance and can produce severe withdrawal effects ranging from irritability and inability to sleep, with mild abuse to seizures and heart attacks and death in the case of sustained, long-term abuse. - abuse also tends to have physical effects througho ...
... - is a physically addictive drug that produces tolerance and can produce severe withdrawal effects ranging from irritability and inability to sleep, with mild abuse to seizures and heart attacks and death in the case of sustained, long-term abuse. - abuse also tends to have physical effects througho ...
The mind-body problem
... neurons, those concerned with consciousness, “C” neurons, and those which take care of unconscious functions, “U” neurons (the use of the word “neuron” in this context is shorthand for “otherwise unspecified subpart of the brain”). The goal of anesthesia is to interfere temporarily with the function ...
... neurons, those concerned with consciousness, “C” neurons, and those which take care of unconscious functions, “U” neurons (the use of the word “neuron” in this context is shorthand for “otherwise unspecified subpart of the brain”). The goal of anesthesia is to interfere temporarily with the function ...
The mind-body problem - BECS / CoE in
... neurons, those concerned with consciousness, “C” neurons, and those which take care of unconscious functions, “U” neurons (the use of the word “neuron” in this context is shorthand for “otherwise unspecified subpart of the brain”). The goal of anesthesia is to interfere temporarily with the function ...
... neurons, those concerned with consciousness, “C” neurons, and those which take care of unconscious functions, “U” neurons (the use of the word “neuron” in this context is shorthand for “otherwise unspecified subpart of the brain”). The goal of anesthesia is to interfere temporarily with the function ...
marvin minsky - Division of Social Sciences
... recognition, learning, planning, and induction—to be at the center of any attempt at understanding intelligence. In the early 1960s, Minsky, along with John McCarthy, founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Students and staff flocked to this new laboratory to meet the challenge of unders ...
... recognition, learning, planning, and induction—to be at the center of any attempt at understanding intelligence. In the early 1960s, Minsky, along with John McCarthy, founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Students and staff flocked to this new laboratory to meet the challenge of unders ...
An unaware agenda: interictal consciousness
... between pre- and post-ictal consciousness impairments, on the one hand, and interictal ones, on the other. IEDs involve large intracellular depolarization leading to transitory cognitive impairment (Holmes and Lenck-Santini, 2006; Tassinari and Rubboli, 2006). The impact of interictal epileptiform a ...
... between pre- and post-ictal consciousness impairments, on the one hand, and interictal ones, on the other. IEDs involve large intracellular depolarization leading to transitory cognitive impairment (Holmes and Lenck-Santini, 2006; Tassinari and Rubboli, 2006). The impact of interictal epileptiform a ...
Human Development VIII: A Theory of “Deep” Quantum Chemistry
... power. When it switches back and releases its build-in energy it must be recharged to work again. In this way the proteins are “paid” to dance, and the dance is typically a thing that happens in the molecule orbital, like proton pumping. The cell itself produces the ATP necessary for the cell functi ...
... power. When it switches back and releases its build-in energy it must be recharged to work again. In this way the proteins are “paid” to dance, and the dance is typically a thing that happens in the molecule orbital, like proton pumping. The cell itself produces the ATP necessary for the cell functi ...
The neural subjective frame: from bodily signals to perceptual
... experimental evidence showing that the processing of external stimuli can interact with visceral function. The neural subjective frame is a low-level building block of subjective experience which is not explicitly experienced by itself which is necessary but not sufficient for perceptual experience. ...
... experimental evidence showing that the processing of external stimuli can interact with visceral function. The neural subjective frame is a low-level building block of subjective experience which is not explicitly experienced by itself which is necessary but not sufficient for perceptual experience. ...
Specialized Neurons, Their Characteristics And
... NCAS is not about artificial neurons; nor is it about artificial neural networks, or any other system of computerized simulation. Computerized simulation, even using the most powerful of computers, falls far short of accomplishing what most humans achieve effortlessly: Common sense, truth judgment, ...
... NCAS is not about artificial neurons; nor is it about artificial neural networks, or any other system of computerized simulation. Computerized simulation, even using the most powerful of computers, falls far short of accomplishing what most humans achieve effortlessly: Common sense, truth judgment, ...
8 pages - Science for Monks
... person who knows they are dreaming —or, if not, when they wake they are able to narrate their dream sequence by sequence. So what happens during sleep? There are no external stimuli. The brain is by itself with its own intrinsic activity, and this intrinsic activity is largely dependent on how my ne ...
... person who knows they are dreaming —or, if not, when they wake they are able to narrate their dream sequence by sequence. So what happens during sleep? There are no external stimuli. The brain is by itself with its own intrinsic activity, and this intrinsic activity is largely dependent on how my ne ...
BIOFEEDBACK AND YOGA
... bluntly said no. When I asked why, he said that he did not want to be connected with such a foolish experiment. I pointed out that the Swami could only succeed or fail. If the Swami said he could demonstrate something we had nothing to lose by watching him succeed or fail, and if he succeeded we cou ...
... bluntly said no. When I asked why, he said that he did not want to be connected with such a foolish experiment. I pointed out that the Swami could only succeed or fail. If the Swami said he could demonstrate something we had nothing to lose by watching him succeed or fail, and if he succeeded we cou ...
File - McMurray VMC
... manifest (apparent) content may also have symbolic meanings (latent content) that signify our unacceptable feelings. 2. Information Processing: Dreams may help sift, sort, and fix a day’s experiences in our memories. ...
... manifest (apparent) content may also have symbolic meanings (latent content) that signify our unacceptable feelings. 2. Information Processing: Dreams may help sift, sort, and fix a day’s experiences in our memories. ...
Ch 1: The reality problem
... intelligible depends exclusively on the possibility of reductions of phenomenally expressed truths to truth expressed using physical concepts only. The central issue is the replacability of phenomenal by physical terms. The model here is reductive accounts of natural macro-phenomena in microphysical ...
... intelligible depends exclusively on the possibility of reductions of phenomenally expressed truths to truth expressed using physical concepts only. The central issue is the replacability of phenomenal by physical terms. The model here is reductive accounts of natural macro-phenomena in microphysical ...
Comparative study of cognitive architectures
... customization of appropriate e-learning resources, thus to foster collaboration in e-learning environments. After determining our main goal, we must think now how can we build this system? Moreover, what are the most flexible components that must be previously considered? Consequently, the objective ...
... customization of appropriate e-learning resources, thus to foster collaboration in e-learning environments. After determining our main goal, we must think now how can we build this system? Moreover, what are the most flexible components that must be previously considered? Consequently, the objective ...
What is the activation-synthesis hypothesis? What is an addiction
... from coca leaves. It has been used as a central nervous system stimulant and local anesthetic. ...
... from coca leaves. It has been used as a central nervous system stimulant and local anesthetic. ...
Essays on Designing Minds by Daniel Dennett
... desperate bawling when it is captured in the pigpen--as if it knew or was aware beforehand of its hopeless fate. This is not saying that Dennett's view is to be rejected but rather pointing to the huge difficulty posed by any attempt to reverse our current cultural constructs regarding the notion of ...
... desperate bawling when it is captured in the pigpen--as if it knew or was aware beforehand of its hopeless fate. This is not saying that Dennett's view is to be rejected but rather pointing to the huge difficulty posed by any attempt to reverse our current cultural constructs regarding the notion of ...
Consciousness Operates Beyond the Timescale
... like vision and hearing have more complex organization and up to six relay neurons before the information enters the brain cortex where it is consciously realized. The clinical practice has shown that the brain cortex is the only conscious structure, while all the electric impulses in structures sub ...
... like vision and hearing have more complex organization and up to six relay neurons before the information enters the brain cortex where it is consciously realized. The clinical practice has shown that the brain cortex is the only conscious structure, while all the electric impulses in structures sub ...
On Form, Mind and Matter (with special reference to `Crystal Souls
... difference resides in the direction of ‘emergence’. In Zohars double aspect position mind and matter are ‘derived’ from the quantum realm, whereas in the present view, the quantum domain is ‘derived’ from mind and matter (Fig. 1d). A physical realization crystallizes within the strangely opposing wo ...
... difference resides in the direction of ‘emergence’. In Zohars double aspect position mind and matter are ‘derived’ from the quantum realm, whereas in the present view, the quantum domain is ‘derived’ from mind and matter (Fig. 1d). A physical realization crystallizes within the strangely opposing wo ...
Chaos, Quantum-transactions and Consciousness
... Chaotic excitation may have provided key advantages for the first cells, including sensitivity to light, vibration and chemical factors, through sensitive dependence on initial conditions, the capacity to generate electromagnetic fields and use them to sense other cells, to respond to internal chang ...
... Chaotic excitation may have provided key advantages for the first cells, including sensitivity to light, vibration and chemical factors, through sensitive dependence on initial conditions, the capacity to generate electromagnetic fields and use them to sense other cells, to respond to internal chang ...
Paper titles and abstracts Dan Arnold: "Perception and the
... difference: instead of assuming essential and intrinsic properties that things really share, this commonness is stated to be always reducible to the more fundamental notion of exclusion (apoha): two things are the same only insofar as they are excluded from a third set of things. Whilst the ontologi ...
... difference: instead of assuming essential and intrinsic properties that things really share, this commonness is stated to be always reducible to the more fundamental notion of exclusion (apoha): two things are the same only insofar as they are excluded from a third set of things. Whilst the ontologi ...