June 2011
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Neurons lose information at one bit per second →
“It appears that information is lost in the brain as quickly as it can be “delivered” from the senses. This has fundamental consequences for our understanding of the neural code of the cerebral cortex. Due to the high deletion rate, information about sensory input signals can only be maintained for a few spikes. These new findings therefore indicate that the dynamics of the cerebral cortex...
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Brain has two slots for working memory.
Mental version of RAM has an...
– Brain Has Two Slots For Working Memory - Science News
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a grid of notes. click the squares to play. imagine each square is a proto-thought. make a new pattern. make a new song.
freshnsteezy:
Click the squares.
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Why you can't ever "know" anything exactly →
(via posthorn):
“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” -Werner Heisenberg
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Hermann Grid illusion
emergence of objects (grey dots) caused by difference in [color] intensity between adjacent regions.
what if thought emerges like this?
via letitoutbaby:
The main reason why you’re seeing these grey dots in between the black and white areas is because the grey point is surrounded by more color intensity.
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WordsFrom: Key process of evolution proved in the...
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Modern evolutionary biologists believe that, at the genetic level, natural selection is more complex than just a single mutation leading to a single new trait. Most believe that lots of small, sometimes imperceptible changes in the gene pool of a...
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WordsFrom: Reconsolidation of Memory
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original post via cogneuro:
Reconsolidation of memories - is it possible to change our memory of a previous event?
When we consolidate our memories into Long Term Memory, the brain undergoes neuronal changes. Whether they become detached from...
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