#neural systems

[jbfly46]

Neural programming finished. Creation algorithm complete.

[smartbrainblog]

Neuroscience - At The Forefront Of The Brain

We live in a remarkable age.  There are daily advances in science, new discoveries abound and a renewed interest in all things intellectual has been on the rise.

Neuroscience, whilst an actual study of the entire nervous system, primarily concerns itself with the functional qualities and existent dynamics of the brain.

The human brain, that wonderfully complex organ that is more powerful than any computer on the planet.   

The study of neural circuits and neural systems could possibly, one day, allow us to supplement the brain with biohacking technology that allows us to think faster and make more complex calculations.

Whilst this may seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, it may well happen in the next 75 years, which would be something for our newly biohacked minds behold.

[himnit]

Memories for Future

"It's a poor sort of memory that works only backwards." So had remarked C S Lewis once. Looks like, he got it wrong. Contrary to our gospel-like belief that memories are solely meant for reviving the past, bringing back what is gone - latest research in neuroscience seems to credit memory with abilities not just for 'what was', but also for 'what could be'. Here's what neuroscientist Tali Sharot has to say on the topic: 

"Memories … are susceptible to inaccuracies partly because the neural system responsible for remembering episodes from our past may not have evolved for the memory function alone. Rather, the core function of the memory system could in fact be to imagine the future — to enable us to prepare for what is to come. The system was not designed to perfectly replay past events, they claimed. It was designed to flexibly construct future scenarios in our minds. As a result, memory also ends up being a reconstructive process. Occasionally, details are deleted. At other times, they are inserted. The capacity to envision the future relies partially on the hippocampus, a brain structure that is crucial to memory. Patients with damage to their hippocampus are unable to recollect the past, but they are also unable to construct detailed images of future scenarios. They appear to be stuck in time."