[agi] Remembering Caught in the Act

2008-09-05 Thread Brad Paulsen
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/science/05brain.html?_r=3partner=rssnytemc=rssoref=sloginoref=sloginoref=slogin or, indirectly, http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/05/0138237from=rss --- agi Archives:

Re: [agi] Remembering Caught in the Act

2008-09-05 Thread Bob Mottram
As the article says, this has long been suspected but until now hadn't been demonstrated. Edelman was describing the same phenomena as the remembered present well over a decade ago, and his idea seems to have been loosely inspired by ideas from Freud and James. Remembering seems to be an act of

Re: [agi] Remembering Caught in the Act

2008-09-05 Thread Kaj Sotala
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Brad Paulsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/science/05brain.html?_r=3partner=rssnytemc=rssoref=sloginoref=sloginoref=slogin http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/1164685 for the original study.

Re: [agi] Remembering Caught in the Act

2008-09-05 Thread Mike Tintner
Er sorry - my question is answered in the interesting Slashdot thread (thanks again): Past studies have shown how many neurons are involved in a single, simple memory. Researchers might be able to isolate a few single neurons in the process of summoning a memory, but that is like saying that

Re: [agi] Remembering Caught in the Act

2008-09-05 Thread Bob Mottram
2008/9/5 Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Past studies have shown how many neurons are involved in a single, simple memory. Researchers might be able to isolate a few single neurons in the process of summoning a memory, but that is like saying that they have isolated a few water molecules in