In two minds: inter-cortical communication
I'm just catching up on this topic - so this is probably old news for you folks... But here it is anyway. In this SciAm article research moves on from centres of responsibility in the brain to intercentre communication. The research describes monkeys in decision making, where the parietal cortex and the frontal cortex are engaged in communication (or simultaneous activity at the least.)
This is interesting to me in that it hints at elucidation of the idea of 'inner dialogue', and provides a way out of the reductionist/mechanist view of mind as simply associated firings of neurons. If we genuinely have inter-cortex 'conversation' , there is a framework for the thinkers about emergence to build on and invstigate. Linked with the information about 'genuine' cognition in small volume brains, this is exciting news to me.
(And does this 'ground 'Julian Jaynes' (1976) Origins of Consciousness...?)
This is interesting to me in that it hints at elucidation of the idea of 'inner dialogue', and provides a way out of the reductionist/mechanist view of mind as simply associated firings of neurons. If we genuinely have inter-cortex 'conversation' , there is a framework for the thinkers about emergence to build on and invstigate. Linked with the information about 'genuine' cognition in small volume brains, this is exciting news to me.
(And does this 'ground 'Julian Jaynes' (1976) Origins of Consciousness...?)
Tags: consciousness, frontal_cortex, intelligence, parietal_cortex
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