We infer what parts of the brain must be doing by seeing what the whole person does when presented with inputs such as pictures or words or instructions.
A mental process is a set of computations in the millions of synapses of an intricately structured neural network. A network could be contorted into all kinds of stripes, polka dots, or squiggles on the surface of the brain and still do the same thing, as long as the neurons were connected properly.
Neither words and rules dump their products into the atmosphere. They are part of a complex system and depend on connections to each other and to many other brain systems.
Zenlike trance in which he quiets his entire brain and thinks nothing but pure past tense thoughts, making the putative rule question or produce a word in response to a cue.
Central sulcus subdivides each hemisphere in two.
Anomia patients often have their words stuck on the tip of the tongue, and they resort to circumlocutions, pronouns, and generic words such as something and stuff. They often associated with extensive damage to posterior parts of the brain, especially the junction of the parietal and temporal lobes, and often with damage to large parts of the temporal lobe as well.
Ultimately all knowledge is connected, and insight into a phenomenon can come from any direction from the outcome of the Battle of Hastings to the sequence of a kinase gene.
A mental process is a set of computations in the millions of synapses of an intricately structured neural network. A network could be contorted into all kinds of stripes, polka dots, or squiggles on the surface of the brain and still do the same thing, as long as the neurons were connected properly.
Neither words and rules dump their products into the atmosphere. They are part of a complex system and depend on connections to each other and to many other brain systems.
Zenlike trance in which he quiets his entire brain and thinks nothing but pure past tense thoughts, making the putative rule question or produce a word in response to a cue.
Central sulcus subdivides each hemisphere in two.
- Front bank: motorstip = frontal lobe (carries out prerequisites to action)
- Rear bank: somatosensory strip: parietal, occipital and temporal lobe (registers touch, senses)
Anomia patients often have their words stuck on the tip of the tongue, and they resort to circumlocutions, pronouns, and generic words such as something and stuff. They often associated with extensive damage to posterior parts of the brain, especially the junction of the parietal and temporal lobes, and often with damage to large parts of the temporal lobe as well.
Ultimately all knowledge is connected, and insight into a phenomenon can come from any direction from the outcome of the Battle of Hastings to the sequence of a kinase gene.