John wrote in message <932719197.47102 at server.australia.net.au>...
>[...]
>I remember the idea that some types of temporal lobe damage cause memory
>loss for spectific things and came across an extension of this once where
>one researcher said that it could be that one way of categorising
>information is by reference to the "self" for the relevant individual,
hence
>my blathering about memory and self. I wonder if memory studies are too
>semantically oriented, if perhaps we might learn more about memory and the
>categories we create by understanding memory as part of the self mechanism
>or serving it or whatever and I freely confess I don't know what "self" is
I
>beg do not ask for a definition. So you see how easily swayed my thinking
is
>by what I currently remember.
'memory' is 'addressed' topologically. it's just that an individual's
experience determines the the 'state' of the neural topology... get it?
given typical genetic variance, all the 'mystery' devolves to the
individual-uniqueness of experience.
>[...]
>>Somewhere I have a reference for a study done on memory for expert chess
>players and while they found that the chess players were excellent for
>logical piece positions when placed randomly they did little better than
>norms. So memory is something very specific in its effectiveness, perhaps
>not so global at all.
it's 'just' that, within the chess-master's experience, logical piece
positions are the long-familiar [TD E/I(min)-generating] stuff. 'randomness'
is inherently TD E/I(up)-generating.
'memory' derives in TD E/I-minimization... but don't forget the
non-'mystery', but necessary, additional neural topological determinism that
derives in experience.
>>>>HOWEVER, I don't know if such memory deficits are "OFTEN" correlated
>>with plausibly specific "motor/sensory" sites. If you can give a
>>reference for the example you use, it wouod be helpful; one could
>>trace backwards (via the article's references) and forwards (via
>>Science Citation Abstracts) to see how oftern similar findings have
>>been reported.
>>>I have never heard such memory deficits.
if you've a copy of AoK, see 'motor-dominance', 'active-pahse',
'passive-active phase shift', 'dynamic subordinate coupling', 'supersystem
configuration', and the mechanisms of 'supersystem configuration'. [and, to
see a gorgeous example of it all happening, read the footnote about infants'
'ramp-walking' behavior.]
cheers, ken collins
