#neurobuzz — Public Fediverse posts

New #braininspired
#MazviitaChirimuuta
#TheBrainAbstracted
#Simplification in the #History & #Philosophy of #Neuroscience
» when we try to understand something complex, like the brain, using models, and math, and analogies, for example - we should keep in mind these are all ways of simplifying and abstracting away details to give us something we actually can understand.
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necessary to do the science and limit the interpretation we can claim from our results «
https://youtu.be/NwNHW4otoJQ
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» #neuroscience has become so broad & technically sophisticated that individual researchers can no longer fully understand the technical foundations of their experiments.

The average #systemsneuroscience project, for example, requires in-depth knowledge of animal #surgery #mechanical #optical & #electrical #engineering #statistics and #computerscience «

https://www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neuroscience/why-and-how-we-need-to-professionalize-neuroscience/

#neurodon
#neurobuzz
#systemsneuro

» #neuroscience has become so broad & technically sophisticated that individual researchers can no longer fully understand the technical foundations of their experiments.

The average #systemsneuroscience project, for example, requires in-depth knowledge of animal #surgery #mechanical #optical & #electrical #engineering #statistics and #computerscience «

https://www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neuroscience/why-and-how-we-need-to-professionalize-neuroscience/

#neurodon
#neurobuzz
#systemsneuro

» #neuroscience has become so broad & technically sophisticated that individual researchers can no longer fully understand the technical foundations of their experiments.

The average #systemsneuroscience project, for example, requires in-depth knowledge of animal #surgery #mechanical #optical & #electrical #engineering #statistics and #computerscience «

https://www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neuroscience/why-and-how-we-need-to-professionalize-neuroscience/

#neurodon
#neurobuzz
#systemsneuro

» #neuroscience has become so broad & technically sophisticated that individual researchers can no longer fully understand the technical foundations of their experiments.

The average #systemsneuroscience project, for example, requires in-depth knowledge of animal #surgery #mechanical #optical & #electrical #engineering #statistics and #computerscience «

https://www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neuroscience/why-and-how-we-need-to-professionalize-neuroscience/

#neurodon
#neurobuzz
#systemsneuro

» #neuroscience has become so broad & technically sophisticated that individual researchers can no longer fully understand the technical foundations of their experiments.

The average #systemsneuroscience project, for example, requires in-depth knowledge of animal #surgery #mechanical #optical & #electrical #engineering #statistics and #computerscience «

https://www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neuroscience/why-and-how-we-need-to-professionalize-neuroscience/

#neurodon
#neurobuzz
#systemsneuro

@NicoleCRust @debivort @MolemanPeter @knutson_brain @kordinglab @dsmith @tdverstynen Right, so contextual constraints as causes just goes one important step further. The emergent properties that are hard to predict also meaningfully constrain the relationships/interactions between the individual components. Neurons are constrained by their neighbors, which are constrained by other brain areas, which are constrained by the brain as a whole, which are constrained by other people's brains, etc. These are all top-down constraints that can cause the "lower" components to behave in ways that would not be possible otherwise and would lack meaning without relation to the whole. If you define cause as efficient cause only, that's OK, and these can be labeled constraints. But I view them as equally causal.

And I'd formally model this myself but I know my limits ;)

I encourage you to check out Juarrero's book, even first 30 pages or so makes the point clear. Or listen to her on #braininspired for a summary.

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Another #BrainInspired Cool Episode conversing @WiringtheBrain new book:

» what I’ve done in the book is sketch what I think is just really a framework for thinking about those things
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that an organism could have causal power in and of itself and could could have control and could exercise choice.
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even after having written this book, this question of choice is the one that still just niggles at me and «
https://braininspired.co/podcast/175/

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#systemsneuroscience
#freewill

Cool #BrainInspired Surprise:

#ContextChangesEverything comes about 25 years after her previous classic #DynamicsInAction

#AliciaJuarrero is a philosopher and has been interested in complexity since before it was cool

https://braininspired.co/podcast/174/

#complexsystems
#neurotheory
#NeuronalEnsemble
#mindbrain
#neurodon
#neuroscience
#neurobuzz
#constraints
#systemsneuroscience

@ekmiller Oh My Various Goddess Abstractions. This is so incredibly beautiful 😍
STDP reveals that timing reshapes connections.
This paper reveals how, and it's... musical.

The brain as an "instrument" takes on new meaning.

https://bcs.mit.edu/news/brain-networks-encoding-memory-come-together-electric-fields-study-finds

#neuroscience #neurobuzz #cogsci #neurons #music #electricity #energy #fieldtheory #electrodynamics #instrument

@ekmiller Oh My Various Goddess Abstractions. This is so incredibly beautiful 😍
STDP reveals that timing reshapes connections.
This paper reveals how, and it's... musical.

The brain as an "instrument" takes on new meaning.

https://bcs.mit.edu/news/brain-networks-encoding-memory-come-together-electric-fields-study-finds

#neuroscience #neurobuzz #cogsci #neurons #music #electricity #energy #fieldtheory #electrodynamics #instrument

@ekmiller Oh My Various Goddess Abstractions. This is so incredibly beautiful 😍
STDP reveals that timing reshapes connections.
This paper reveals how, and it's... musical.

The brain as an "instrument" takes on new meaning.

https://bcs.mit.edu/news/brain-networks-encoding-memory-come-together-electric-fields-study-finds

#neuroscience #neurobuzz #cogsci #neurons #music #electricity #energy #fieldtheory #electrodynamics #instrument

@ekmiller Oh My Various Goddess Abstractions. This is so incredibly beautiful 😍
STDP reveals that timing reshapes connections.
This paper reveals how, and it's... musical.

The brain as an "instrument" takes on new meaning.

https://bcs.mit.edu/news/brain-networks-encoding-memory-come-together-electric-fields-study-finds

#neuroscience #neurobuzz #cogsci #neurons #music #electricity #energy #fieldtheory #electrodynamics #instrument

@ekmiller Oh My Various Goddess Abstractions. This is so incredibly beautiful 😍
STDP reveals that timing reshapes connections.
This paper reveals how, and it's... musical.

The brain as an "instrument" takes on new meaning.

https://bcs.mit.edu/news/brain-networks-encoding-memory-come-together-electric-fields-study-finds

#neuroscience #neurobuzz #cogsci #neurons #music #electricity #energy #fieldtheory #electrodynamics #instrument