Ai Dreams Forum
Artificial Intelligence => Future of AI => Topic started by: Bill DeWitt on November 23, 2006, 12:21:12 am
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"Our synapses are in a constant state of flux," Bressloff says. "They are exchanging molecules all the time. Yet we have stable memories and things we learn. So what is it that encodes a memory to the synapse if proteins are being changed all the time? Certain proteins act as anchors that keep other proteins in place."
http://www.emaxhealth.com/85/8367.html
I believe his conclusion that consciousness is completely figured out when we figure out memory, behavior and feelings is missing an additional construct - that which experiences our memory, behavior and feelings.
But it is certainly an interesting piece on human memory. Here's more:
http://www.emaxhealth.com/85/8229.html