Noë: Does Thinking Happen In The Brain?
Speaking of Andy Clark and Alva Noë in the previous posting, here is Noë writing for NPR set to continue in another installment.
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The Mysteries of the Brain
Here is Barry Smith talking on the BBC World Service on The Mysteries of the Brain.
Child Brain Development
Neuron is offering free access to this issue until Oct 8.
Grayling on neurophilosophy
Here’s a brief view of neurophilosophy from Anthony Grayling in The Philosopher’s Magazine.
“Artificial Intelligence”
I shall disclaim responsibility for this particular choice of terms. The phrase “artificial intelligence,” which led me to it, was coined, I think, right on the Charles River, at MIT. Our own research group at Rand and Carnegie Mellon University have prefered phrases like “complex information processing” and “simulation of cognitive processes.” But then we run…
Joaquin Fuster
I recently had the honor and good fortune to be on the same panel as neuroscientist Joaquin Fuster. We had been in correspondence over the years: the intellectual generosity of this man, one of the giants in the field, knows no bounds. I was thrilled to finally meet him in person. Below are some shots…
Network architecture of the long-distance pathways in the macaque brain
Here’s an interesting article by Dharmendra Modha and Raghavendra Singh.
Why is consciousness so mysterious?
A nice chat with Dave Chalmers on this topic.
Notes and Neurons
World Science Festival featuring Bobby McFerrin, best known as the writer and performer of one of my favourite songs Don’t worry be happy. Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment? Join host John Schaefer, Jamshed Barucha, scientist Daniel Levitin, Professor Lawrence…
Embodiment, Stigmergy, and Swarm Intelligence
Here is a chapter from a book by Michael Dawson, Brian Dupuis, and Michael Wilson (all of the Biological Computation Project, University of Alberta) that has just come my way and is entitled From Bricks to Brains: The Embodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots. In fact, all the chapters in draft are freely available to be downloaded…
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