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BI 182: John Krakauer Returns… Again
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Length:
86 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2024
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Podcast episode
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John Krakauer has been on the podcast multiple times (see links below). Today we discuss some topics framed around what he's been working on and thinking about lately. Things like
Whether brains actually reorganize after damage
The role of brain plasticity in general
The path toward and the path not toward understanding higher cognition
How to fix motor problems after strokes
AGI
Functionalism, consciousness, and much more.
Relevant links:
John's Lab.
Twitter: @blamlab
Related papers
What are we talking about? Clarifying the fuzzy concept of representation in neuroscience and beyond.
Against cortical reorganisation.
Other episodes with John:
BI 025 John Krakauer: Understanding Cognition
BI 077 David and John Krakauer: Part 1
BI 078 David and John Krakauer: Part 2
BI 113 David Barack and John Krakauer: Two Views On Cognition
Time stamps
0:00 - Intro
2:07 - It's a podcast episode!
6:47 - Stroke and Sherrington neuroscience
19:26 - Thinking vs. moving, representations
34:15 - What's special about humans?
56:35 - Does cortical reorganization happen?
1:14:08 - Current era in neuroscience
Check out my free video series about what's missing in AI and Neuroscience
John Krakauer has been on the podcast multiple times (see links below). Today we discuss some topics framed around what he's been working on and thinking about lately. Things like
Whether brains actually reorganize after damage
The role of brain plasticity in general
The path toward and the path not toward understanding higher cognition
How to fix motor problems after strokes
AGI
Functionalism, consciousness, and much more.
Relevant links:
John's Lab.
Twitter: @blamlab
Related papers
What are we talking about? Clarifying the fuzzy concept of representation in neuroscience and beyond.
Against cortical reorganisation.
Other episodes with John:
BI 025 John Krakauer: Understanding Cognition
BI 077 David and John Krakauer: Part 1
BI 078 David and John Krakauer: Part 2
BI 113 David Barack and John Krakauer: Two Views On Cognition
Time stamps
0:00 - Intro
2:07 - It's a podcast episode!
6:47 - Stroke and Sherrington neuroscience
19:26 - Thinking vs. moving, representations
34:15 - What's special about humans?
56:35 - Does cortical reorganization happen?
1:14:08 - Current era in neuroscience
Released:
Jan 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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