[Hplusroadmap] An update and some notes on attention (was Fwd: Your Plastic Brain)

[Dan Bolser]

Perhaps off topic but (I say perhaps because I lost interest and
didn't read the whole email) ...

Isn't wavering attention an important part of human intelligence? i.e.
"dam! I'm doing this boring task *again*, surely there is some way I
can speed up this task?" Hofsdater calls this 'in the system' (doing
the task) vs. 'out side the system' (thinking about how to avoid doing
the task).

I know you need to focus to perform some tasks, and being focused more
easily would make performance on those tasks more efficient, but
doesn't too much attention on one task lead to a kind of uncreative
robotism?

Anyway, for 'highlevel' neurobioloigcal models of attention, I think
you can find some interesting stuff from Susan Greenfield - she puts
schitzophrenia and OCD on one 2D neurochemical spectrum that controls
attention and 'error checking' mechanisms in the brain.

psyctsodal vs. catatonic / psycotic vs. neurotic

... I think I am borderline... which is worse than it sounds ;-)



2008/5/21 Antonio Marcos <amcmr2003 at yahoo.com.br>:
> dont know.. what i remember was bacteria growing wires in a controlled
> manner... (btw, you plan to reply the few other questions in the email? =]
> no problem if you dont.. also, you can send pritave email if you prefer.. as
> long as I dont wait for something that wont happen =] )
>
> - Mark.
>
>
> --- Em qua, 21/5/08, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> De: Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com>
> Assunto: Re: [Hplusroadmap] An update and some notes on attention (was Fwd:
> Your Plastic Brain)
> Para: "Transhumanist Technical Roadmap" <hplusroadmap at heybryan.org>
> Data: Quarta-feira, 21 de Maio de 2008, 2:37
>
> On Tuesday 20 May 2008, Antonio Marcos wrote:
>>  If we can figure some basic neurons function, clone a few,
>  and
>> assemble them in a manner we can produce simple circuits. hopefully a
>> logical NAND.. we can make a simple computer out of this.
>
> Hasn't this been done before? I did a few searches but didn't find any
> specific references. I'm pretty sure.
>
> - Bryan
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