Mind and Matter: Why It All Makes Sense

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Author(s): Leonard Johard (Innopolis University, Russia), Vittorio Lippi (University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany), Larisa Safina (Innopolis University, Russia)and Manuel Mazzara (Service Science and Engineering Lab, Innopolis University, Russia)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 20
Source title: Advanced Research on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jordi Vallverdú (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), Manuel Mazzara (Innopolis University, Russia), Max Talanov (Kazan Federal University, Russia), Salvatore Distefano (University of Messina, Italy & Kazan Federal University, Russia)and Robert Lowe (University of Gothenburg, Sweden & University of Skövde, Sweden)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1947-8.ch004

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence / Biologically-Inspired Computing / Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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Abstract

A purely reductionist approach to neuroscience has difficulty in providing intuitive explanations and cost effective methods. Following a different approach, much of the mechanics of the brain can be explained purely by closer study of the relation of the brain to its environment. Starting from the laws of physics, genetics and easily observable properties of the biophysical environment we can deduce the need for dreams and a dopaminergic system. We provide a rough sketch of the various a priori assumptions encoded in the mechanics of the nervous system. This indicates much more can be learnt by studying the statistical priors exploited by the brain rather than its specific mechanics of calculation.

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