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MIT's Sebastian Seung Wants Computers to Map the Brain | Wired Magazine | Wired.com
17 days ago by mwfogleman
As a first-year MIT professor, Sebastian Seung taught neuroscience—even though he had never taken a neuroscience class. He was trained as a theoretical physicist, but a random conversation with some brain scientists made him want to study the ultimate emergent physical phenomenon: human intelligence. “How do you take dumb neurons and put them together to make an intelligent mind?” he asks. Seung is now a professor of computational neuroscience in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. His career-changing encounter proves once again that it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
“Ask not what the brain can do for the computer,” Seung says. “Ask what the computer can do for the brain.”
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“Ask not what the brain can do for the computer,” Seung says. “Ask what the computer can do for the brain.”
17 days ago by mwfogleman
PLoS ONE: Toward A Brain-Based Theory of Beauty
december 2011 by mwfogleman
We conclude that, as far as activity in the brain is concerned, there is a faculty of beauty that is not dependent on the modality through which it is conveyed but which can be activated by at least two sources–musical and visual–and probably by other sources as well. This has led us to formulate a brain-based theory of beauty.
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december 2011 by mwfogleman
Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight | Video on TED.com
november 2011 by mwfogleman
So who are we? We are the life-force power of the universe, with manual dexterity and two cognitive minds. And we have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world. Right here, right now, I can step into the consciousness of my right hemisphere, where we are. I am the life-force power of the universe. I am the life-force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my form, at one with all that is. Or, I can choose to step into the consciousness of my left hemisphere, where I become a single individual, a solid. Separate from the flow, separate from you. I am Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: intellectual, neuroanatomist. These are the "we" inside of me. Which would you choose? Which do you choose? And when? I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner-peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world, and the more peaceful our planet will be.
And I thought that was an idea worth spreading.
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And I thought that was an idea worth spreading.
november 2011 by mwfogleman
Sam Harris: A Contemplative Science
november 2011 by mwfogleman
The retreat might have been a significant event in the history of ideas. It could mark the beginning of a discourse on ethics and spiritual experience that is as unconstrained by dogma and cultural prejudice as the discourses of physics, biology, and chemistry are. Other retreats for scientists are now being planned. What effect this will have on our collective understanding of the human mind remains to be seen. But we could be witnessing the birth of a contemplative science.
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november 2011 by mwfogleman
A Shocker: Partisan Thought Is Unconscious - New York Times
november 2011 by mwfogleman
Researchers have long known that political decisions are strongly influenced by unconscious emotional reactions, a fact routinely exploited by campaign consultants and advertisers. But the new research suggests that for partisans, political thinking is often predominantly emotional.
It is possible to override these biases, Dr. Westen said, "but you have to engage in ruthless self reflection, to say, 'All right, I know what I want to believe, but I have to be honest.' "
He added, "It speaks to the character of the discourse that this quality is rarely talked about in politics."
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It is possible to override these biases, Dr. Westen said, "but you have to engage in ruthless self reflection, to say, 'All right, I know what I want to believe, but I have to be honest.' "
He added, "It speaks to the character of the discourse that this quality is rarely talked about in politics."
november 2011 by mwfogleman
Teenage Brains - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine
september 2011 by mwfogleman
"We're so used to seeing adolescence as a problem. But the more we learn about what really makes this period unique, the more adolescence starts to seem like a highly functional, even adaptive period. It's exactly what you'd need to do the things you have to do then."
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september 2011 by mwfogleman
Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (CCLE)
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may 2009 by mwfogleman
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may 2009 by mwfogleman
Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies « PsyBlog
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may 2009 by mwfogleman
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may 2009 by mwfogleman
Wired 13.11: My Bionic Quest for Bolero
april 2009 by mwfogleman
My hearing is no longer limited by the physical circumstances of my body. While my friends' ears will inevitably decline with age, mine will only get better.
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
How Google Is Making Us Smarter | Machine-Brain Connections | DISCOVER Magazine
april 2009 by mwfogleman
That doesn’t mean we must approve of every possible extension of the mind, and even good extensions will have some drawbacks. Socrates worried that writing would make people forgetful and unwise. Sure enough, writing did rob us of some gifts, such as the ability to recite epic poems like The Iliad from memory. But it also created a much larger pool of knowledge from which people could draw, a pool that has continued to expand (or, dare we say, continued to extend?).
If we’ve learned anything since Clark and Chalmers published “The Extended Mind,” it’s not to underestimate the mind’s ability to adapt to the changing world.
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If we’ve learned anything since Clark and Chalmers published “The Extended Mind,” it’s not to underestimate the mind’s ability to adapt to the changing world.
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Human evolution and music | Why music? | The Economist
april 2009 by mwfogleman
The truth, of course, is that nobody yet knows why people respond to music. But, when the carol singers come calling, whether the emotion they induce is joy or pain, you may rest assured that science is trying to work out why.
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
Digital Overload Is Frying Our Brains | Wired Science from Wired.com
february 2009 by mwfogleman
Wired.com: The subtitle of your book predicts a "coming dark age." Do you really believe this?
Jackson: Dark ages are times of forgetting, when the advancements of the past are underutilized. If we forget how to use our powers of deep focus, we'll depend more on black-and-white thinking, on surface ideas, on surface relationships. That breeds a tremendous potential for tyranny and misunderstanding. The possibility of an attention-deficient future society is very sobering.
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Jackson: Dark ages are times of forgetting, when the advancements of the past are underutilized. If we forget how to use our powers of deep focus, we'll depend more on black-and-white thinking, on surface ideas, on surface relationships. That breeds a tremendous potential for tyranny and misunderstanding. The possibility of an attention-deficient future society is very sobering.
february 2009 by mwfogleman
Science News / Brain Reorganizes To Make Room For Math
december 2008 by mwfogleman
Between childhood and adulthood, neural map of the brain rearranges to conceptualize arithmetic
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
Tough Learning
december 2008 by mwfogleman
The natural sciences have a reputation for posing special challenges to the way we think and learn: they are a form of “extreme thinking”. In this essay physicist Michael A. Nielsen discusses some of the challenges facing researchers in the natural sciences, and how those challenges shed light on other tough learning situation
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy : Article : Nature
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
Depression: How You Label Determines How You Feel
december 2008 by mwfogleman
In their fascinating study “Would you be happier if you were richer?”, published in Science, Princeton professors Alan Krueger and Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for his work in behavioral economics, found that perhaps the best indicator of happiness was frequency of eating with friends and family.
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
My experience with smart drugs
may 2008 by mwfogleman
Not sure about credibility, but interesting points raised.
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may 2008 by mwfogleman
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