neuroscience

Question 1

what is the binding problem

Answer 1

how do objects background and abstract and emotional features combine into a single experience; interface between neuroscience, cognitive science, philosophy of mind

Question 2

give two examples of experience changing brains

Answer 2

communist romania children too many to care for; smaller brains than of romanian children who grew up in america, connectivity between frontal lobes and limbic system much less in these children; also, amygdala (part of limbic) much bigger

taxi drivers larger hippocampus as shown on fMRI

Question 3

crime and punishment with neuroscientific determinism

Answer 3

study of young men in prison: 60% had history of head injury