> Are you thinking of the hypothetical explanation based on subthreshold
> stimulation of a neural net storing an episodic memory ?? That the
situation
> one finds oneself in is similar in sensorium to a previous event stored
in
> memory. The neurons encoding those similarities are stimulated, others in
the
> neural net (unrelated to the present situation) may also be activated via
> spread of depolarization, but not enough of the neurons in the net
encoding
> the stored event are stimulated to be able to distinguish the past from
the
> present conditions.
> Sorry - no references readily available. . . (maybe I'm just making it up
!)
> Hope this helps a bit.
> Sandra Nagel Randall
Sandra,
Ahhh. . . this is starting to sound familiar! The explanation I'm vaguely
remembering (or maybe just dreamt, or experienced in a previous life) also
had a temporal component to it. That is, phenomonologically you think that
you have experienced the same event twice separated by some significant
amount of time, but really you have experienced it twice, but almost at the
same time. . . with just enough time to drive your perception that it has
happened "before."
Sorry if we've done this thread before, but then again maybe it just seems
familiar. ;-)
Not going to have a beer with a philosopher again for a while,
Dave
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