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by David Turell , Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 05:14 (5532 days ago) @ xeno6696


> By electronic representations, I mean symbolic variables that link neuron a through dendrite v to neuron b, and etc. In terms of building this model, work such as what is going on here at UNO will be foundational, as what they are trying to do is map all of the biochemical reactions into logical a->b->c->... structures. > 
> We won't know how the brain does all of those things until we sit down and try to build this model. First we need known biochemical mappings, then we need to integrate them into a large model. Neuroscientists can't do that. 
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> Other research is quite helpful, such as those scientists working to make computers out of biological components:
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/358822.stm
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> By approaching the problem from both ends (in the practical manner of building computers and building models) we'll understand more about the brain than biochemistry alone can possibly provide. 
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> In terms of analysis, techniques to analyze cognition are already in place by my AI friends; -The link is very interesting, but basically I don't have the background to follow what you are describing in the computer and model building.