Learning in Brains and Machines (4): Episodic and Interactive Memory

· Read in · 2080 words · All posts in series  · [dropcap]My[/dropcap] memory, like yours, exerts a powerful influence over my interaction with the world. It is reconstructive and evocative; I can easily form an image of hot December days in the South African summer, and remember my first time—it was … Continue reading Learning in Brains and Machines (4): Episodic and Interactive Memory

Learning in Brains and Machines (3): Synergistic and Modular Action

· Read in · 1796 words · All posts in series  · [dropcap]There[/dropcap] is a dance—precisely choreographed and executed—that we perform throughout our lives. This is the dance formed by our movements. Our movements are our actions and the final outcome of our decision making processes. Single actions are … Continue reading Learning in Brains and Machines (3): Synergistic and Modular Action

Learning in Brains and Machines (2): The Dogma of Sparsity

· Read in · 1700 words · collected posts · [dropcap]The[/dropcap] functioning of our brains, much like the intrigue of a political drama, is a neuronal house-of-cards. The halls of cognitive power are run by recurring alliances of neurons that deliberately conspire to control information processing and decision … Continue reading Learning in Brains and Machines (2): The Dogma of Sparsity