A birds-eye view of what connects
Frail facts with prime suspects
The case is hot, yet far from closed
An early finish? Ha! You’re hosed.
- Joan of Arc
Greetings from space!
Posts
A Neural Basis for the Global Workspace (link)
If I link to Kaj Sotala’s wonderful blog sequence Multiagent Models of the Mind enough, you will eventually read it :)
My post shares some findings of the more concrete neurological details of global workspace theory, one of the leading theories of consciousness, which Kaj makes heavy reference to in his sequence.
Mental Imagery vs Actual Sight (link)
Some wild speculation at the causes of similarities and differences in the experience of sighted vision and mental imagery.
Other People’s Cool Stuff
3D Tour of the Brain
This week has involved learning a lot of neuroanatomy! It’s so much easier for me to remember how everything is supposed to be connected and function when I have a spatial model to map names onto. Here are two of my favorite videos so far.
Basal Ganglia
Thalamus and Ventricles
Grid Cells: How the brain navigates space
I found this video from a post on Jeff Hawkins work on human intelligence. It gives a tldr on grid cells, the brain’s secret tool for modeling where it is in space.
Till next week!
Stay Lucky,
Hazard