BI 108 Grace Lindsay: Models of the Mind
Podcast |
Brain Inspired
Publisher |
Paul Middlebrooks
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Education
Natural Sciences
Science
Technology
Publication Date |
Jun 16, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:26:12

Grace and I discuss her new book Models of the Mind, about the blossoming and conceptual foundations of the computational approach to study minds and brains. Each chapter of the book focuses on one major topic and provides historical context, the major concepts that connect models to brain functions, and the current landscape of related research endeavors. We cover a handful of those during the episode, including the birth of AI, the difference between math in physics and neuroscience, determining the neural code and how Shannon information theory plays a role, whether it's possible to guess a brain function based on what we know about some brain structure, "grand unified theories" of the brain. We also digress and explore topics beyond the book. 

Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 4:19 - Cognition beyond vision 12:38 - Models of the Mind - book overview 14:00 - The good and bad of using math 21:33 - I quiz Grace on her own book 25:03 - Birth of AI and computational approach 38:00 - Rediscovering old math for new neuroscience 41:00 - Topology as good math to know now 45:29 - Physics vs. neuroscience math 49:32 - Neural code and information theory 55:03 - Rate code vs. timing code 59:18 - Graph theory - can you deduce function from structure? 1:06:56 - Multiple realizability 1:13:01 - Grand Unified theories of the brain

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