Neuroscience
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Neuroscience
Chapter 18, The Dog Beneath the Skin from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Verge Genomics
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Forgetting: Not a Flaw, But a Brain's Hidden Feature of Memory - Neuroscience News
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In a changing world like the one we and many other organisms live in, forgetting some memories would be beneficial, they reasoned, as this can lead to more flexible behavior and better decision-making. If memories were gained in circumstances that are not wholly relevant to the current environment, forgetting them could be a positive change that improves our well-being.
one of the latest big theories in neuroscience says that humans are fundamentally creatures of prediction, and not only is creativity not at odds with that, but it actually goes hand in hand with improving our predictive power. Life itself, in this view, is one big process of creatively optimizing prediction as a survival strategy in a universe... See more
Oshan Jarow • Your mind needs chaos
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/351893/consciousness-ai-machines-neuroscience-mind
The great substrate debate: Biochauvinism versus artificial consciousness
The Body Keeps The Score
besselvanderkolk.com
When the mind searches for the future, it sees the past.
Sohail Inayatullah • Foresight in Challenging Environments * Journal of Futures Studies
Scientists have demonstrated that, as the years go by, much of what we think we remember is false. It seems our brains can't store every detail we experience, so we recall the gist of events — enough to create a story that makes sense to us. Every time we recall a story or tell it to others, we change small bits depending on whether our audience... See more