Architecture I
The Brain as an Active Explorer
Neurons and Neuronal Signaling, continued
- Neuronal signals may originate either inside or outside of the nervous system, and can be influenced by a variety of material agents (including chemicals)
- There is some degree of indeterminacy in the generation of neuronal signals
- The organization of the nervous system is influenced by its own activity
From the Reflex Machine to the Adaptive Output/Input/Output Box
- The activity of the nervous system influences both input and interpretation of input
| | "input is never into a quiescent or static system, but always into a system which is already excited and organized" ... Karl Lashley, The Problem of Serial Order in Behavior, 1951
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- Output creates in the nervous system expectations of input
- Comparison of expectations with actual input facilitates (constitutes?) learning
- Implications for other things ...
