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Single Idea 4903
[filed under theme 17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind
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Full Idea
The pattern of brain activation during, say, a word retrieval task is usually similar enough among the dozen or so participants who typically take part in such studies for their scans to be overlaid and still show a clear pattern.
Gist of Idea
Scans of brains doing similar tasks produce very similar patterns of activation
Source
Rita Carter (Mapping the Mind [1998], p. 17)
Book Ref
Carter,Rita: 'Mapping the Mind' [Phoenix 2000], p.17
A Reaction
This doesn't surprise me, though it could be interpreted as supporting type-type identity, or as supporting functionalism. Armstrong and Lewis endorse a sort of reductive functionalism which would fit this observation.
The
19 ideas
from Rita Carter
4902
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Pain doesn't have one brain location, but is linked to attention and emotion
[Carter,R]
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4904
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Proper brains appear at seven weeks, and neonates have as many neurons as adults do
[Carter,R]
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4903
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Scans of brains doing similar tasks produce very similar patterns of activation
[Carter,R]
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4906
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Babies show highly emotional brain events, but may well be unaware of them
[Carter,R]
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4905
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Normal babies seem to have overlapping sense experiences
[Carter,R]
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4907
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The 'locus coeruleus' is one of several candidates for the brain's 'pleasure centre'
[Carter,R]
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4909
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The only way we can control our emotions is by manipulating the outside world that influences them
[Carter,R]
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4908
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No one knows if animals are conscious
[Carter,R]
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4910
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Sense organs don't discriminate; they reduce various inputs to the same electrical pulses
[Carter,R]
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4911
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The recognition sequence is: classify, name, locate, associate, feel
[Carter,R, by PG]
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4912
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Out-of-body experiences may be due to temporary loss of proprioception
[Carter,R]
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4913
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Brain lesions can erase whole categories of perception, suggesting they are hard-wired
[Carter,R]
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4914
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A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies
[Carter,R]
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4915
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In primates, brain size correlates closely with size of social group
[Carter,R]
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4916
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There is enormous evidence that consciousness arises in the frontal lobes of the brain
[Carter,R]
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4917
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Consciousness involves awareness, perception, self-awareness, attention and reflection
[Carter,R]
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4918
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In blindsight V1 (normal vision) is inactive, but V5 (movement) lights up
[Carter,R]
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4919
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There seems to be no dividing line between a memory and a thought
[Carter,R]
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4920
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Thinking takes place on the upper side of the prefrontal cortex
[Carter,R]
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