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- From: lordSnooty@cup.portal.com (Andrew - Palfreyman)
- Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
- Subject: Re: Thanks Neural Nets, and Brains?
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 19:35:06 PDT
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- : Benjamin Bryant responded:
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- : Yes, it is very strange that the most widespread artificial model of
- : neural operation uses continuous quantities, and I agree whole-heartedly,
- : that more research is needed in the way neuronal firings, (mean-rate),
- : encode information in the brain. It would seem that these firing
- : frequencies (i.e. spikes/sec or some similar unit) actually encode
- : what are our thoughts. It will indeed be a major breakthrough when
- : we are actually able to trace these firing rates through living brain
- : issue.
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- Recently I've seen, on TV no less, some fabulous animations produced by
- nascent attempts in this field; either from CAT- or PET scans. With the
- advent now of more sensitive SQUIDS, the day cannot be far away for real
- time monitoring of this fascinating domain.
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- Does anyone have up-to-date information as to where this is heading now?
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