Category: Mind Philosophy
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Blind brain. Seeing everything.
Researchers observed slow spontaneous fluctuations in the brain's visual centers that preceded visual hallucinations in blind people. (1) Weird. Even blind people see. At the end, what might be missing is what we all crave for: Not seeing anything... Detached from the cosmos... Only then we might see things that we do not see... And…
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Time & Place…
Two new studies shed new light on how the brain encodes time and place into memories. The findings not only add to the body of fundamental research on memory, but could eventually provide the basis for new treatments to combat memory loss from conditions such as traumatic brain injury or Alzheimer's disease. (1) Take my…
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The jasmine… [Can you remember? This was the last day of your life…]
Research finds a new relationship between memory and the ability to incorporate changes into one's understanding of the world. (1) Can you remember? You are in your house. Smelling the jasmine in the veranta. Getting inside. Programming in your old computer. Sleeping when the sun comes up. Dreaming of seeing a galaxy of stars in…
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Think stupid! (The foundation of thinking)
The brain detects 3D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision - a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that researchers also found in artificial intelligence networks trained to recognize visual objects. (1) Artificial intelligence. Natural intelligence. What difference could they have? You see, the main characteristic of intelligence…
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Memories. Ephemeral. Have you forgotten?
Findings from genetically diverse mice challenge long-held assumptions about how the brain is able to briefly hold onto important information. In a paper in Cell, the researchers present evidence that working memory isn't neatly confined to one brain area, but requires the synchronous activity of at least two. The findings challenge long-held assumptions that working…
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