Comments on: How attention helps you remember: the role of astrocytes http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember Accelerating Intelligence Sat, 18 May 2013 23:15:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Marcos Marin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-37090 Marcos Marin Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:17:55 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-37090 makes sense. =) There was a video about it yesterday, right? makes sense. =) There was a video about it yesterday, right?

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36993 Bri Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:21:21 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36993 Probably means that we are metronomes, and there is a movable board under us. Probably means that we are metronomes, and there is a movable board under us.

]]> By: Marcos Marin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36919 Marcos Marin Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:20:24 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36919 look, Bri! our minds are syncing! we clicked that submit button almost at the same time! I've just refreshed the page and your answer was not there before I replied! =) look, Bri! our minds are syncing! we clicked that submit button almost at the same time! I’ve just refreshed the page and your answer was not there before I replied! =)

]]> By: Marcos Marin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36918 Marcos Marin Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:17:47 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36918 That's simply because odor input goes through one less layer of signal processing, almost directly to the amygdala. Beautiful words but, wait, aren't you all doing that already? How impoverished has the post-modern world's environment become?! hmmmm.. that explains a lot... That’s simply because odor input goes through one less layer of signal processing, almost directly to the amygdala.

Beautiful words but, wait, aren’t you all doing that already? How impoverished has the post-modern world’s environment become?!

hmmmm.. that explains a lot…

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36916 Bri Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:08:31 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36916 Smells access a very primal part of the brain. From a time before other senses became more central. Smells access a very primal part of the brain. From a time before other senses became more central.

]]> By: Marcos Marin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36915 Marcos Marin Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:08:27 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36915 ahhh.. the fresh aroma of astrocytes in the morning.... so refreshing around here... say, Robin Hood, was that so hard? After all those centuries one should have "transcended" one's misplaced sense of justice, with or without a singularity, no? Thank you, Chrisf. =) ahhh.. the fresh aroma of astrocytes in the morning….

so refreshing around here… say, Robin Hood, was that so hard? After all those centuries one should have “transcended” one’s misplaced sense of justice, with or without a singularity, no?

Thank you, Chrisf. =)

]]> By: Marcos Marin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36884 Marcos Marin Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:07:51 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36884 All my comments are ironic, I'm the court Jester, dear Robin, only rivaled perhaps by the Green Hood himself! I'm not mocking Ray! My admiration for him is relatively high, only rivaled perhaps by laughing itself! I don't think you're really interested in discussing epistemology with me, my dear ironic friend, after all, your not alone when misinterpreting my straightforward questions. Therefore I'll simply focus on your lonely pearl of wisdom: "You’re right, " And I could not agree more ;-) All my comments are ironic, I’m the court Jester, dear Robin, only rivaled perhaps by the Green Hood himself!
I’m not mocking Ray! My admiration for him is relatively high, only rivaled perhaps by laughing itself!
I don’t think you’re really interested in discussing epistemology with me, my dear ironic friend, after all, your not alone when misinterpreting my straightforward questions. Therefore I’ll simply focus on your lonely pearl of wisdom: “You’re right, ” And I could not agree more ;-)

]]> By: GatorALLin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36871 GatorALLin Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:50:10 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36871 I am always amazed at how certain smells, tastes or sounds/songs trigger strong memories of a specific place or time for me. For example when I order creame brulee at a resturante (about once a year at most) it always comes with a small piece of fresh green mint leaves to top it off... the smell of the fresh spearmint transports my memory to a place in Kentucky where there is a natural spring coming out of the mountain side and fresh mint would always grow there. I am flooded with childhood memories of this exact spot each time where we would pick and eat this mint (with bare feet in the cold green grass and moss/ferns of that spot, damp with 54 degree cold air that would come out year round). If I close my eyes the memories are all consuming and very vivid with details of other smells and details of that place. The cold spring water on a hot summer day, the sounds of the spring area, the exact trees, location, type, etc. A bit like a time machine... I have since been back to that exact spot a few times just to confirm if my memories are correct. The huge weeping willow tree has since died, but the stump is still there...the mint is still growing, the other details (including natural growing mini strawberries) are still all there. I guess what strikes me odd about it is that just before I bite the fresh mint it has been so long since the last time I have thought about it that I have completely forgotten about it.... the memories come flooding back and catch me off guard each time. A bit of a "safe place" from a better time and place... all good memories.... a welcomed intrusion of sorts during some regular business dinner conversation. ...anyhow this article had me wondering about how smells, tastes or sounds help trigger memories... or if we could somehow use sounds, smells, tastes or other triggers to help better record memories? http://www.ehow.com/how_8531551_propagate-kentucky-mint.html I am always amazed at how certain smells, tastes or sounds/songs trigger strong memories of a specific place or time for me. For example when I order creame brulee at a resturante (about once a year at most) it always comes with a small piece of fresh green mint leaves to top it off… the smell of the fresh spearmint transports my memory to a place in Kentucky where there is a natural spring coming out of the mountain side and fresh mint would always grow there. I am flooded with childhood memories of this exact spot each time where we would pick and eat this mint (with bare feet in the cold green grass and moss/ferns of that spot, damp with 54 degree cold air that would come out year round). If I close my eyes the memories are all consuming and very vivid with details of other smells and details of that place. The cold spring water on a hot summer day, the sounds of the spring area, the exact trees, location, type, etc. A bit like a time machine… I have since been back to that exact spot a few times just to confirm if my memories are correct. The huge weeping willow tree has since died, but the stump is still there…the mint is still growing, the other details (including natural growing mini strawberries) are still all there. I guess what strikes me odd about it is that just before I bite the fresh mint it has been so long since the last time I have thought about it that I have completely forgotten about it…. the memories come flooding back and catch me off guard each time. A bit of a “safe place” from a better time and place… all good memories…. a welcomed intrusion of sorts during some regular business dinner conversation.

…anyhow this article had me wondering about how smells, tastes or sounds help trigger memories… or if we could somehow use sounds, smells, tastes or other triggers to help better record memories?

http://www.ehow.com/how_8531551_propagate-kentucky-mint.html

]]> By: chrisf http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36828 chrisf Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:30:07 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36828 Well, assuming there are 10 times as many astrocytes as neurons, and assuming that they're doing an equivalent amount of computation, I make that a little over 3 extra doublings. What's that, an extra 5 years perhaps, in the worst case ? Well, assuming there are 10 times as many astrocytes as neurons, and assuming that they’re doing an equivalent amount of computation, I make that a little over 3 extra doublings. What’s that, an extra 5 years perhaps, in the worst case ?

]]> By: Robin Hood http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36824 Robin Hood Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:16:26 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36824 Your comment is very ironic. You are responding to an article that is proof of increased understanding of how the human brain functions. In other words, another step closer to reverse engineering the brain. and yet you laugh at and mock Ray Kurzweil as if it proves something. You're right, it proves that you're wrong. Your comment is very ironic. You are responding to an article that is proof of increased understanding of how the human brain functions. In other words, another step closer to reverse engineering the brain. and yet you laugh at and mock Ray Kurzweil as if it proves something. You’re right, it proves that you’re wrong.

]]> By: trakk http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36790 trakk Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:49:01 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36790 So all that '' PAY ATTENTION'' yelling by our teachers in school and college is responsible for helping us remember what little we still remember :) So all that ” PAY ATTENTION” yelling by our teachers in school and college is responsible for helping us remember what little we still remember :)

]]> By: Marcos Marin http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-attention-helps-you-remember-the-role-of-astrocyteshow-attention-helps-you-remember/comment-page-1#comment-36758 Marcos Marin Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:10:36 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=165347#comment-36758 Mwahaha, So it's not JUST those 100 Billion neurons, right Mr. Kurzweil? How many doublings does it pushes AI into the future? Mwahaha, So it’s not JUST those 100 Billion neurons, right Mr. Kurzweil? How many doublings does it pushes AI into the future?

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