A little more poking around reveals further evidence that supports the glocal model of brain memory (they talk about a "distributed plus hub" model, which is part of the glocality idea, though missing the nonlinear-attractor aspect that I think is critical to distributed memory)
http://brain.guides.britannica.com/what-happens-when-things-go-wrong/on-the-cutting-edge-of-brain-research/on-the-cutting-edge-of-brain-research/82/3/ The paper is at http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v8/n12/full/nrn2277.html and some mildly critical commentary at http://talkingbrains.blogspot.com/2008/01/semantics-and-brain-more-on-atl-as-hub.html As Richard L would likely point out, the authors' data supports plenty of different interpretations, and the one presented is only one of the many plausible ones... -- ben G On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A semi-technical essay on the global/local (aka glocal) nature of > memory is linked to from here > > http://multiverseaccordingtoben.blogspot.com/ > > I wrote this a long while ago but just got around to posting it now... > > ben > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC > Director of Research, SIAI > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind." > -- Sir Winston Churchill > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I intend to live forever, or die trying." -- Groucho Marx ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
