Re: The Tyranny of Choice

From: Kevin (maitrikaruna@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 28 2004 - 14:43:33 MST


Something different...glia communicating directly with other glia, etc..

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Goertzel" <ben@goertzel.org>
To: <sl4@sl4.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:54 PM
Subject: RE: The Tyranny of Choice

> > There is also another excellent article about the glia in the
> > brain. It seems that glia have a much more substantial role
> > in learning and memory than previously thought. This may
> > cause those who were neuron-centered to recalculate the
> > computational capacity of the brain with strong consideration
> > to glia which outnumber neurons 9 to 1..
> >
> > --Kevin
>
> Well, current estimates of the brain's "computational capacity" aren't
> accurate within a factor of 10 anyway ;)
>
> Glia create the myelin sheath around neurons, which affects speed of
> electrical conduction between neurons. Is the proposed function of glia
> you mention related to this, or is it something different?
>
> -- Ben



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed Jul 17 2013 - 04:00:46 MDT