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…d Development of Ethics We realize this point may be somewhat contentious — a counter-argument would be that the human brain is known to support at least moderately ethical behavior, according to human ethical standards, whereas less brain-like AGI systems are much less well und...

…e.g. with hand-coded declarative knowledge as in Cyc, SOAR and other "GOFAI" type systems. On the other hand, the human brain receives its inductive bias much more subtly and implicitly, both via the specifics of the initial structure of the cognitive cortex, and via ongoing coup...

…at.’ How might these cognitions and perceptions influence physiology and health? As Berntson shows in his chapter, the brain regions involved in emotional and perceptual processes are intimately related to brain regions involved in the regulation of physiological systems. This i...

…alas, the perils of running a new center, that I no longer control my schedule like in the good old days. But the Obama BRAIN Initiative is running strong, and MIT has a good bid for a seat at the table, so that is good. Want to revisit a time for a chat? My schedule is now much...

…and sparked the growing DNA ancestry industry. He was instrumental in laying the groundwork for President Obama’s 2013 BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative—in aid of improving the brains of human beings to the point where, for much of...

… that are driven by two or more independent frequencies (called quasiperiodic driving). We found them to be relevant to brain stem, thalamocortical neurophysiology of perceptual processes and states of consciousness. They have the properties, A=0, Do and D; # integer and a char...

From Selfish Genes to Social Brains The Chicago Social Brain Network was established to examine how science might inform us about our fundamental human nature, including the apparently irrepressible quest for connection with a higher understanding and organization. Science can d...

…e process. This flip between adaptive and maladaptive that we see within the dopaminergic system is, by now, a familiar brain routine. It provides, I believe, the means to explain all manners of excess, from the desire for food and money to drugs and violence. Obesity and drug a...

…e decades, however, will probably be time enough for the raw information-processing power of computers to match that of brains—at least by the crude measures of number of bits and number of bit-flips per second. Human brains are intricately constructed, the process of millions o...

Brain Physics and the Respiritualization of Healing. Arnold J. Mandell, Bulletin of the National Guild of Catholic Psychiatrists. 28:19-24, 1983. Toward a Psychobiology of Transcendence, God in the Brain. Arnold J. Mandell, |In Psychobiology of Consciousness (eds. J.M. Davidson...

…me Series from Biological Dynamics Publications involving the applications of various D measures, particularly Dz, to brain-relevant times series number in the hundreds and are growing exponentially. The following constitutes a brief review of a representative set of empirical...

23 Article 6. Scientific American How the Brain Understands Food and Appetite [Excerpt] David Linden Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from a chapter in the book Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Le...

…hadenfreude appears to emerge strongly when an individual’s misfortune is deserved. To explore what is happening in the brain when such pleasure is experienced, and the situations that might trigger it, the German cognitive neuroscientist Tania Singer set up a study involving hea...

…ial Psychology, 45(4), 635-646; Dvash, J, Gilam, G, Ben-Ze'ev, A, Hendler, T, & Shamay-Tsoory, S.G. (2010). The envious brain: The neural basis of social comparison. Human Brain Mapping. 31(11): 1741-1750; Fehr, E., Bernhard, H., & Rockenbach, B. (2008). Egalitarianism in young c...

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