Comments on: Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:25:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: K and J Investigations and Case Management » Remembering the Past While Thinking About the Future http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-80608 K and J Investigations and Case Management » Remembering the Past While Thinking About the Future Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:35:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-80608 [...] article at Discover Magazine titled “Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future” further demonstrates the problems associated with relying on memory. Here is an excerpt: [...] [...] article at Discover Magazine titled “Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future” further demonstrates the problems associated with relying on memory. Here is an excerpt: [...]

]]> By: Neurologie du Temps « Dr. Goulu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-80511 Neurologie du Temps « Dr. Goulu Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:52:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-80511 [...] nature du temps et m’a inspiré plusieurs billets sur ce thème.  Son récent article “Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future” est  un peu moins cosmologique que d’habitude, mais tout aussi [...] [...] nature du temps et m’a inspiré plusieurs billets sur ce thème.  Son récent article “Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future” est  un peu moins cosmologique que d’habitude, mais tout aussi [...]

]]> By: Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future « Fire EXIT http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-80493 Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future « Fire EXIT Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:07:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-80493 [...] 06:58:46 μμ on Ιουνίου 27, 2009 | # | 0 Tags:Science Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future [...] [...] 06:58:46 μμ on Ιουνίου 27, 2009 | # | 0 Tags:Science Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future [...]

]]> By: AAAS 2010 | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-80387 AAAS 2010 | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:41:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-80387 [...] author of The Seven Sins of Memory. Dan was the leader of the studies showing that the brain predicts the future in the same way that it remembers the past. He’ll be talking about the arrow of time in [...] [...] author of The Seven Sins of Memory. Dan was the leader of the studies showing that the brain predicts the future in the same way that it remembers the past. He’ll be talking about the arrow of time in [...]

]]> By: Things I kinda meant to blog about « A Fistful of Science http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-72732 Things I kinda meant to blog about « A Fistful of Science Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:32:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-72732 [...] 5. Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future [...] [...] 5. Remembering the Past is Like Imagining the Future [...]

]]> By: Sili http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-72183 Sili Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:35:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-72183 <a href="http://comics.com/frazz/2008-01-20/" rel="nofollow">So now you're stealing research from the comics</a>? So now you’re stealing research from the comics?

]]> By: Ankur Dnyanmote http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-72013 Ankur Dnyanmote Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:06:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-72013 Its appears that the common center-piece involved in both activities (remembering past as well as imagining future) operates on information stored in different parts of the rest of the brain. This information HAS to be a memory if it is part of the brain. Whether it is a real memory or imagined is not really a concern. What is interesting is that the common center-piece that is orange in the above pictures conjures up "information'' in response to the external cues. To imagine a future this region of the brain must require inputs of information. (And this is true also if it has to remember the past). The difference is that in the former case the brain CREATES experiences that have not happened (and may not happen) while in the latter case the brain CREATES experiences that HAVE happened (or may not have happened). The paradoxical aspect of this is our subjective treatment of a PAST and a FUTURE. In reality both these are epiphenomena resulting from our perception of time as a sequential experience. Its appears that the common center-piece involved in both activities (remembering past as well as imagining future) operates on information stored in different parts of the rest of the brain. This information HAS to be a memory if it is part of the brain. Whether it is a real memory or imagined is not really a concern. What is interesting is that the common center-piece that is orange in the above pictures conjures up “information” in response to the external cues. To imagine a future this region of the brain must require inputs of information. (And this is true also if it has to remember the past). The difference is that in the former case the brain CREATES experiences that have not happened (and may not happen) while in the latter case the brain CREATES experiences that HAVE happened (or may not have happened). The paradoxical aspect of this is our subjective treatment of a PAST and a FUTURE. In reality both these are epiphenomena resulting from our perception of time as a sequential experience.

]]> By: My Brain Has a Mind of Its Own « Either Here or There http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-71959 My Brain Has a Mind of Its Own « Either Here or There Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:43:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-71959 [...] got me thinking about what was going on in the back of my mind and it reminded me of this very interesting article I read yesterday from the always interesting blog, Cosmic [...] [...] got me thinking about what was going on in the back of my mind and it reminded me of this very interesting article I read yesterday from the always interesting blog, Cosmic [...]

]]> By: Fred http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-71908 Fred Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:34:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-71908 Explains a lot about Joe Biden Explains a lot about Joe Biden

]]> By: John P http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-71903 John P Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:30:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/14/remembering-the-past-is-like-imagining-the-future/#comment-71903 I am skeptical about these functional MRI studies. It seems like quite a leap from different pretty pictures of brain activity to the conclusion that we have learned something useful about this enormously complex piece of matter. There is activity in the brain that does not show up on the scans. Analogies using "files" and other computer science concepts are laughable. The human brain has arisen via evolution through eons of time. Its structure is completely independent of our projection of design concepts of modern silicon-based computer hardware onto it. A bit more humility and awareness of our ignorance is in order here. "This is a very gross technique," says critic Steven Faux , who heads the psychology department at Drake University. "It's like a blurry photo--better than no photo but still blurry, with real limitations that are too often overlooked. It's very easy to overextend [the value of] this technology." http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-phrenology I am skeptical about these functional MRI studies. It seems like quite a leap from different pretty pictures of brain activity to the conclusion that we have learned something useful about this enormously complex piece of matter. There is activity in the brain that does not show up on the scans. Analogies using “files” and other computer science concepts are laughable. The human brain has arisen via evolution through eons of time. Its structure is completely independent of our projection of design concepts of modern silicon-based computer hardware onto it. A bit more humility and awareness of our ignorance is in order here.

“This is a very gross technique,” says critic Steven Faux , who heads the psychology department at Drake University. “It’s like a blurry photo–better than no photo but still blurry, with real limitations that are too often overlooked. It’s very easy to overextend [the value of] this technology.”

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-phrenology

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