On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:11:18 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 3/20/2013 1:29 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:07:10 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >> >> On 3/20/2013 11:16 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130320115111.htm >> >> "We are examining the activity in the cerebral cortex *as a whole*. The >> brain is a non-stop, always-active system. When we perceive something, the >> information does not end up in a specific *part* of our brain. Rather, >> it is added to the brain's existing activity. If we measure the >> electrochemical activity of the whole cortex, we find wave-like patterns. >> This shows that brain activity is not local but rather that activity >> constantly moves from one part of the brain to another." >> >> Not looking very charitable to the bottom-up, neuron machine view. >> >> >> The same description would apply to a computer. Information moves around >> and it is distributed over many transistors and magnetic domains. >> > > But it is eventually stored in particular addressed memory locations. It > is not part of a continuous wave of activity of the entire computer. > > > There is nothing in the cited article to show that particular information > is never stored in some area. >
Except for the part where they say " *When we perceive something, the information does not end up in a specific part of our brain*.". You'll have to take it up with the people who concluded that in their study if you disagree. If you looked at a computer you would also see electrical activity that was > not local and constantly moved from one part to another. > No, not like this. What the brain does would be as if you plugged in a flash drive and waves propagated the contents of the flash drive throughout the RAM, HD, and CPU, rolling back and forth mingled in with all of the other processes going on. > And if it were perceiving its surroundings, as a Mars rover might, to > evaluate its next move it would obviously have to process data stored in > memory as well as sensor information. > It would be hard for it to process data stored in memory if it was circulating around the entire system, mixed with everything else. As time goes on, I suspect that we will see more and more of these kinds of studies. The brain does have mechanisms, but it is not a machine. It does computer, but it is not just a computer. Craig > Brent > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
