Re: The Human Brain

2023-10-13 Thread Henrik Ohrstrom
federally funded project to map the human brain. The > researchers discovered there are 3,300 different types of brain cells in > the human brain and showed how they change from the womb to adulthood. They > found that 16,000 genes are active in the brain and different combinations > of t

The Human Brain

2023-10-13 Thread John Clark
Yesterday the journals Science, Science Advances, and Science Translational Medicine, printed 21 articles reporting the results of a 5 year long $375 million federally funded project to map the human brain. The researchers discovered there are 3,300 different types of brain cells in the human

Re: Nerve cells in the human brain can "count"

2018-09-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
mon illusion. > > Brent > > > Forwarded Message ---- > > Nerve cells in the human brain can 'count' > > September 21, 2018, University of Bonn > <http://www1.uni-bonn.de/startseite/jsp/index.jsp?lang=en> > > <https://3c1703fe8d.site.in

Re: Nerve cells in the human brain can "count"

2018-09-22 Thread Philip Thrift
pattern in the human brain. ... When we see a certain digit, certain brain cells fire. However, the digit neurons and the quantity neurons are not identical: The digit "3" excites completely different nerve cells than a quantity of three points.* https://www.cell.com/neuron/pdfExtended/

Fwd: Nerve cells in the human brain can "count"

2018-09-22 Thread Brent Meeker
I'm not sure whether this is evidence for Bruno's Platonism or it just shows why it's a common illusion. Brent Forwarded Message Nerve cells in the human brain can 'count' September 21, 2018, University of Bonn <http://www1.uni-bonn.de/startseite/

Re: Human brain artificially created in laboratory

2014-02-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
to decipher(?) the different connectivity of brain-parts into topical differentiation - a good try, but far from touching the complexity of what we assign to brainfunction - and even that is a limited model of what may be. I confess: I consider the human brain a relay station from source unknown

Re: Human brain artificially created in laboratory

2014-02-11 Thread John Mikes
be. I confess: I consider the human brain a relay station from source unknown into human activity and am happy when they find medicament (material, or treatment) to eliminate (reduce?) pathological consequences. Of course it is hard to dampen the enthusiasm of the inventor... There are so many

Re: Human brain artificially created in laboratory

2014-02-11 Thread Richard Ruquist
(?) the different connectivity of brain-parts into topical differentiation - a good try, but far from touching the complexity of what we assign to brainfunction - and even that is a limited model of what may be. I confess: I consider the human brain a relay station from source unknown into human

Re: Human brain artificially created in laboratory

2014-02-11 Thread Edgar L. Owen
from touching the complexity of what we assign to brainfunction - and even that is a limited model of what may be. I confess: I consider the human brain a relay station from source unknown into human activity and am happy when they find medicament (material, or treatment) to eliminate