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Atoms of Mind: The "Ghost in the machine" materializes
Thursday February 13, 2014
| 5:00 pm
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Presenter: |
W. R. (Bill) Klemm,
Senior Professor of Neuroscience Texas A & M University |
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| Series: | Sigma Xi Public Talk | |
| Abstract: | This lecture crystallizes Dr. Klemm's ideas about brain function. The lecture begins with an explanation of how the brain "thinks," and defines thought as either latent (memory stores) or "on-line" in the form of patterns of nerve impulses distributed in circuits and networks. Impulse activity patterns combine with the role of such phenomena as oscillation and synchronization to lead to the speaker's view of how consciousness might be produced and sustained. In the discussion of consciousness, the speaker challenges the common view that free-will is illusory. His theory for consciousness is based on a brain capability that can generate both automatic intentions and choices but also freely chosen ones. Dr. Klemm, a long-time sleep researcher, also presents his latest theory for why people dream. | |
| Host: | Harjit Ahluwalia | |
| Location: | Room C, UNM Conference Center | |
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