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Neurophysiology and Teaching-Learning Strategies. Picture of beautiful Beach. What is mind?. No matter. What is matter?. Never mind. Cogito, ergo sum. I think therefore I am. ‘We shall sooner or later arrive at a mechanical equivalent of consciousness.’. Mind-Body Duality.
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What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.
Cogito, ergo sum. I think therefore I am.
‘We shall sooner or later arrive at a mechanical equivalent of consciousness.’
Mind-Body Duality I have a brain, therefore I think.
Characteristics of CAS • Collective of Interacting Agents The Nature Component
Hard Wiring Neural Tube Groups of Neurons Surrounding Tube Connections Among Neuron Groups
Characteristics of CAS • Collective of Interacting Agents • Experience - a set of inputs • Environmental • Own behavior • Effect on Environment
Characteristics of CAS • Collective of Interacting Agents • Experience - a set of inputs • Data storage (nurture) • Patterned input • Coincidence detection • Synaptic alteration • Short-term memory • Homeostatic plasticity
Handout 4 Fig 7-5 p210
Handout 5 Fig 7-11 p213