Tag: Jeff Lichtman

Neurons activity. Synapses and axones transmitting electrical signals. AI generated

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June 3, 2024

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience

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Tiny Dot of Human Brain Tissue Reveals Unexpected Insights

_{A speck of your brain can hold the data for 250 movies} _{News
June 3, 2024

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience}

Apart from sheer complexity, the organization of the deep brain did not turn out to be what researchers had expected.

Hall of Mirrors: The Many Ways Consciousness Baffles Researchers

_{Does consciousness have a seat at the table? Wait a minute. Isn’t consciousness the table? Or is it?} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 14, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The human brain was bound to disappoint a pop culture quest for easy answers; brain imaging has not turned out to be a road map of the mind.

Can We Understand the Brain the Way We “Understand” New York City?

_{The “connectome” (a complete “wiring diagram” of the brain) is giving neuroscientists pause for thought} _{News
March 4, 2020

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

If the brain is immensely complex, it may elude complete understanding in detail. Deep Learning may survey it but that won’t convey understanding to us. We may need to look at more comprehensive ways of knowing.