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  • The Brain Doesn’t Think the Way You Think It Does

    09/03/2021 11:08:03 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 41 replies
    https://www.quantamagazine.org ^ | August 24, 2021 | Jordana Cepelewicz
    Neuroscientists have tried to map various categories of mental function to specific regions of the brain, but recent work has shown that the definitions and boundaries of those regions are complex and context-dependent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Neuroscientists are the cartographers of the brain’s diverse domains and territories — the features and activities that define them, the roads and highways that connect them, and the boundaries that delineate them. Toward the front of the brain, just behind the forehead, is the prefrontal cortex, celebrated as the seat of judgment. Behind it lies the motor cortex, responsible for planning and coordinating movement. To the...
  • Scientists Observed a Brainless Blob Thinking and Making Decisions

    07/16/2021 2:26:17 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 34 replies
    Vice ^ | Becky Ferreira
    Physarum polycephalum, which literally has no brain, might make us rethink this characterization. This blob-like lifeform can perform surprisingly complex calculations, such as solving mazes or exhibiting basic forms of memory. To learn more about how Physarum molds make smart decisions with no brain, researchers from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University tested their environmental awareness. The results revealed a “novel preference and sensing capability in the unicellular organism” in which the mold uses its body as “both a distributed sensor array and computational substrate,” according to a study published on Thursday...