Re: electric meme bombs

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 17 Oct 2002 - 20:30:19 GMT

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    > Joe:
    > > It's my interpretation of how it might work. Any particular synapse
    > > might be either dampened or excited by a plethora of different
    > > ideas, corresponding to many different excitation/dampening patterns
    > > in which that particular synapse might play a part, just as a letter
    > > may be used in many different words. What is important for the
    > > identity of the meme is the overall excitation/dampening pattern to
    > > which it corresponds. We must also remember that repetition of an
    > > idea causes increased electrical stimulation of the neurons and
    > > synapses involved in a particular pattern; this in turn stimulates
    > > the production of the MAP-2 protein, which catalyzes the
    > > strengthening of the myelin sheaths of the corresponding synapses,
    > > and the growth of new dendritic connections. This is accepted, in
    > > neuroscience, as a neural correlate of the learning process.
    >
    > Just a minute Joe. Myelin sheaths are to be found at the axons of
    > neurons last I heard. The function of myelin sheaths is to facilitate
    > faster transmission of action potentials originating from the axon
    > hillock at the soma of the neuron. One of the big pillars of
    > neuroscience is that learning (something) is reflected in adaptation
    > of synapse strengths (serving as communication relays between
    > connected neurons).
    >
    > Phil
    >
    They are indeed axonal sheaths rathere than dendritic ones, but this does not affect my point.
    >
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