We can tell what parts of the brain tend to be involved in what sorts of activities, from fMRI. Not much else.
Puzzling out complex neural functions often involves combining fMRI data from humans with data from single-neuron recordings in other animals. But we can generally only measure from a few dozen neurons at a time even in invasive animal studies... As an example, no one yet knows how the brain represents 3D shapes ... is it a literal 3D map of an object? some kind of symbolic representation? some combination? something inbetween? fMRI or other brain imaging tools don't tell us, yet... I think we'll need better tools ... -- Ben G On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what we've just been discussing and Richard was criticising as > highly fallible. Your article adds pictures of the predictions, which is > helpful. > > But all this raises the question presumably of just how much can be told > from fmri images generally. Does anyone have views about this - or links to > a good general critical intro? > > Brad: > >> Hey kids: >> >> A COMPUTER THAT CAN 'READ' YOUR MIND >> http://www.physorg.com/news131623779.html >> Cheers, >> Brad >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> agi >> Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ >> Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > http://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms." -- Henry Miller ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=103754539-40ed26 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
