This site has a neuroscience news alert feed which means business (not dumbed down for the layman):
http://www.liebertpub.com/brain I can get a feeling for the state-of-the-art with an alerts feed they send every couple of weeks or so. I don't pretend to understand it in detail but just reading the abstracts gives a good indication of where the science is at. On 9/25/12, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Thanks. V g article setting out conflicting camps. But I find it >> difficult >> to get much of a grip on his alternative "distributed" (vs "locationist") >> paradigm of brain functioning - how about you? >> > > It is probably the case that both of the "conflicting" camps are to > some extent legitimate, because the brain strikes me as very > discrete-and-connected. I think that the message here is to be > suspicious of claims of a simple top down hierarchy with each organ > having a certain function. > > Mike > > > >> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Archbold >> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:30 AM >> >> To: AGI >> Subject: Re: [agi] Neuroscience article on self-awareness >> >> This is another anti-dogma neuroscience book, out evidently last year >> but with a fresh review: >> >> A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Uttal 2011, MIT Press >> >> http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=6638&cn=396 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Anastasios Tsiolakidis >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I should get a neuroscience feed with a bit more >>>>> rigor. >>>> >>>> >>>> If your neuroscience feed could change the world it would be illegal. >>>> As someone who's spent a few years in close proximity to >>>> neuroscientists I'd wager all 10 euro in my bank account that you >>>> could skip the next 20 years of research and miss nothing, AGI-wise. >>>> You'd be better off following and/or participating in AGI projects or >>>> starting your own. As mentioned before for a mere 10 million dollars >>>> you could even sponsor your very own "Archie AGI" project :) >>>> >>> >>> >>> I like this kind of strong opinion but I'm just trying to stay abreast >>> of what is going on in neuroscience. The more certain sort of >>> articles it seems are the rough ~ equivalent to "narrow neuroscience" >>> but the system-wide neuroscience articles get somewhat more sketchy. >>> So in a way it is like AI research. The more focused and constrained >>> the more respectable. >>> >>> Mike A >>> >>>> AT >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> AGI >>>> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >>>> RSS Feed: >>>> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae >>>> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >>>> >>>> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5 >> >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae >> Modify Your Subscription: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
