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FYI the hippocampus is the source of linkage. There is the suggestion that
it reflects the use of waypoint mapping (as in "A to B to C.." etc for the
London Cabbie it is 'Up Oxford Street to Marble Arch, keep going to Notting
Hill, turn right heading towards ..." etc)
This particular is generalised in that the hippocampus also functions in
linking memories (aka waypoints of consciousness ?)
This also takes us into such concepts as 'truth' etc where we can trace
waypoint mapping to basic territory mapping as we find in reptiles etc as in
'mine-not mine-mine-mine etc' which can be abstracted to 'not-correct,
correct, correct etc' which can be further abstracted into syntax
processing. (Linked to an emotional response sourced in the left hemisphere
of most).
I recall an article in Sci American re the insertion of electrodes into rat
hippocampus and the rats ran a maze and so used way point mapping to 'map'
the maze.
Note that damage to the hippocampus stops as learning new things but does
not stop us recalling pre-damage memories.
best,
Chris.
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From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
Kenneth Van Oost
Sent: Sunday, 19 March 2000 7:41
To: memetics
Subject: Blackmore's theory finally proven!?
De Gentenaar,20/03/2000
The more you know,the more your brain is growing
It is demonstrated:the more you know,the more your brain is growing.
British investigators have shown by London cabdrivers a connection between
the size of their brain and the quantity of knowlegde they possess.
The investigators have looked at the brain of sixteen righthanded
cabdrivers
in London and compared them with the brain of a other fifty righthanded
drivers who weren't cabdrivers.
All sixteen cabdrivers had a hippocampus millimetres greater than the con-
trolegroup.
The hippocampus is that part of the brain that is used for our spatial
memory,
where the brain is keeping its maps.
Especially cabdrivers in London are famous for their knowlegde of their
city.
In England is that know as THE KNOWLEDGE.
The investigators did succeeded to demonstrate a direct correlation
between
how cabdrivers use their brain to find their way around in London and the
size and hindmost part of the hippocampus.
"How longer you were a driver,how bigger it was",said Elenor Maguire of
the
Neurological Institute of the UNiversity College inLondon.(anp)
Can anyone from England put his/hers hands on the rapport!
It would be interesting to know what its full content is,accordingly to
meme-
theory!?
Regards,
Kenneth
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