"New Cornell study suggests that mental processing is continuous, not like a computer"

23.11.09

"The theory that the mind works like a computer, in a series of distinct stages, was an important steppingstone in cognitive science, but it has outlived its usefulness, concludes a new Cornell University study. Instead, the mind should be thought of more as working the way biological organisms do: as a dynamic continuum, cascading through shades of grey.

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"For decades, the cognitive and neural sciences have treated mental processes as though they involved passing discrete packets of information in a strictly feed-forward fashion from one cognitive module to the next or in a string of individuated binary symbols -- like a digital computer," said Spivey. "More recently, however, a growing number of studies, such as ours, support dynamical-systems approaches to the mind. In this model, perception and cognition are mathematically described as a continuous trajectory through a high-dimensional mental space; the neural activation patterns flow back and forth to produce nonlinear, self-organized, emergent properties -- like a biological organism."

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De João Pereira da Silva a 23.11.2009 às 21:20

Boa noite,

Por acaso o Aurea Mediocritas tem um e-mail para o qual se possa contactar?

Obrigado.

De Aurea Mediocritas a 23.11.2009 às 21:31

Olá João,

Pode enviar para o amediocritas@gmail.com

Abraço

De Johnny T. a 25.11.2009 às 00:14

Cornell? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Chris Cornell!!!

De Aurea Mediocritas a 25.11.2009 às 14:05

Black Hole Sun!

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