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> From: kharazia at POBOX2.STANFORD.EDU (Viktor Kharazia)
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> Subject: Few long-standing questions about neocortex for the attention
> of who interested:
> Date: 6 Mar 1998 21:29:36 -0800
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>> a. What is the function of the neocortex? Why it is so
prominent in higher
> mammals?
> b. Is there a foundation of the human intelligence in the
neocortex? If it
> is, where it might be?
> c. Is the anything really unique about cerebral cortex,
structurally or
> chemically? Something, that can't be found anywhere else.
>> I know, there are not going to be any answers but...
> VK
>Read: Neurophilosophy by Patricia S. Churchland
Decarte's Error by A. R. Damasio
The Neurological side of Neuropsychology by R. E. Cytowic
The Computational Brain by Patricia S. Churchland and
T. J. Sejnowski.
It's all there; more if you want it! John Shaw
