Sorry, sent accidentally while half finished. Bo wrote:
This is only partially true, and mainly only for the neocortex, right? For example, removing small parts of the brainstem result in coma.
I'm talking about control in memory access, and by memory access I am referring to synaptic changes in the brain. While the brain stem has dictatorial control over conciousness and activity it does not necessarily control all activity in the brain in terms of memory and how it changes. Which is what I am interested in. In a coma, the other bits of the brain may still be doing things. Not inputting or outputting, but possibly other useful things (equivalents of defragmentation, who knows). Sleep is important for learning, and a coma is an equivalent brain state to deep sleep. Just one that cannot be stopped in the usual fashion. Will Pearson ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
