First of all, good luck to Frans van der Walle!
Secondly, a comment...
Gordon Couger wrote:
> Obviously no one has been able to come
> up with a very high level model of brain function. When we look at what
> makes up the brain it is complex but not compared to what it can do.
[snip]
> If some one can
> come up with just a very very small model of the though process in the brain
> it will be a giant step.
I agree that although many give the impression to have understood the
intricate behaviour of the jelly-like substance on top (e.g. "How the
Brain works", or "Consciousness explained") it seems as if no one have
really hit the nail on the head, so to speak.
Interesting ideas are, however, brougth forward by Rodney M.J. Cotterill
in his book "Enchanted looms" aiming at understanding the brain as
whole, and as a motor-behaviour controlling device - keine hexerei, nur
behändigkeit (no mumbo jumbo, just skill). Also his recent article:
"Cooperation of the basal ganglia, cerebellum, sensory cerebrum and
hippocampus: Possible implications for cognition, consciousness,
intelligence and creativity" Progress in Neurobiology 2001, 64(1):1-33.
With a title promising almost as much as the ones mentioned above, but,
the main difference being that the article actually contains
text/ideas/models justifying the title...
Best regards
Lars Spicker Olesen
