Feelings of Knowing : The Frontal Cortex. Clive Thompson has a wonderful article in the NY Times Magazine on Watson, the supercomputer programmed to excel at Jeopardy.
Thompson delves into the clever heuristics used to generate singular answers to ambiguous questions. (Watson relies on massive amounts of parallel processing, so that “he” is running thousands of Google searches simultaneously.) While Watson’s performance is certainly impressive, I thought the most interesting part of the story involved the failings of the machine. It’s easy to rhapsodize about the ever escalating speed of microchips, but it turns out that Watson is often too slow at ringing the buzzer: In more than 20 games I witnessed between Watson and former “Jeopardy!” This anecdote highlights one of the most impressive talents of the human mind. What’s interesting about this mental hiccup is that, even though the mind can’t remember the information, it’s convinced that it knows it.
This is where feelings of knowing prove essential. Your Brain in Love. Men and women can now thank a dozen brain regions for their romantic fervor.
Researchers have revealed the fonts of desire by comparing functional MRI studies of people who indicated they were experiencing passionate love, maternal love or unconditional love. Together, the regions release neurotransmitters and other chemicals in the brain and blood that prompt greater euphoric sensations such as attraction and pleasure. Conversely, psychiatrists might someday help individuals who become dangerously depressed after a heartbreak by adjusting those chemicals. Passion also heightens several cognitive functions, as the brain regions and chemicals surge.
“It’s all about how that network interacts,” says Stephanie Ortigue, an assistant professor of psychology at Syracuse University, who led the study. Graphics by James W. A Neuroscientist Uncovers A Dark Secret. Neuro-links - Brain, Self and Society - LSE. BIOS now closed The BIOS Centre closed as a research centre of the School on 31 December 2011.
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