The Brain
I wonder how exactly long term memory gets "laid down" into the hippocampus of your brain?
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A memory, thought, etc... is a clump of neurons in your brain. (from a biopsyvchological aspect.) So, if you remember something, and you want to recall that memory, you must have some system to retrieve that information. In other words, you must know where all those neurons are, and how they are clumped together, and how they are fired and whatnot. Now, when you have deja'vu, does that mean that somewhere in your brain, for some reason or another, there is a clump of neurons in a particular order that is identical to your perception when you experienced a deja'vu? Can all a deja'vu really be is an accidental coincidence between already created stimuli and neural pathways?
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"Part of a brains internal environment is a ceaseless pressure to seek out new stimuli. This greed for information is one of the fundamental properties of the brain and it is reflected in our most basic reactions. People can have their conscious mind totally destroyed, yet their eyes will still scan the room and lock on to and track a moving object. The eye movements are triggered by the brainstem and are no more significant of consciousness than the turning of a flower to the sun. Yet even when you know this, it is deeply disturbing to have your movements followed by the eyes of a person you know is for all intents and purposes brain dead."
Mapping The Mind
Rita Carter
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Anthony will go to sleep now.
Goodnight. (Morning, its 6:00am.)
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A memory, thought, etc... is a clump of neurons in your brain. (from a biopsyvchological aspect.) So, if you remember something, and you want to recall that memory, you must have some system to retrieve that information. In other words, you must know where all those neurons are, and how they are clumped together, and how they are fired and whatnot. Now, when you have deja'vu, does that mean that somewhere in your brain, for some reason or another, there is a clump of neurons in a particular order that is identical to your perception when you experienced a deja'vu? Can all a deja'vu really be is an accidental coincidence between already created stimuli and neural pathways?
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"Part of a brains internal environment is a ceaseless pressure to seek out new stimuli. This greed for information is one of the fundamental properties of the brain and it is reflected in our most basic reactions. People can have their conscious mind totally destroyed, yet their eyes will still scan the room and lock on to and track a moving object. The eye movements are triggered by the brainstem and are no more significant of consciousness than the turning of a flower to the sun. Yet even when you know this, it is deeply disturbing to have your movements followed by the eyes of a person you know is for all intents and purposes brain dead."
Mapping The Mind
Rita Carter
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Anthony will go to sleep now.
Goodnight. (Morning, its 6:00am.)