大脑中的空间和时间
György Buzsáki1, Rodolfo Llinás2
1Neuroscience Institute, Departments of Physiology, Neurology, and Psychiatry, and Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA. gyorgy.buzsaki@nyumc.org.
概括
神经科学研究表明大脑活动并不直接代表空间或时间. 相反,神经元活动是事件的序列,促使人们转向理解推断解释的大脑机制.
科学领域:
- 神经科学
- 认知科学
- 思想的哲学
背景情况:
- 空间和时间的直观概念对人类体验至关重要,
- 目前的神经科学方法通常将空间和时间视为神经元活动的单独坐标,特别是在导航和记忆研究中.
- 与位置,距离和持续时间等时空参数相关的神经元活动的调查是常见的.
研究的目的:
- 挑战神经元对空间和时间的传统观念.
- 提出一种理解大脑功能的替代框架, 超越先入为主的空间和时间概念.
- 探索大脑机制如何产生推断式的模型解释.
主要方法:
- 现有神经科学范式的概念分析.
- 对神经元活动与空间和时间的外部测量之间的直接相关性的批评.
- 基于事件描述神经元活动的建议.
主要成果:
- 大脑活动中的时空序列可能不等同于神经元对空间或时间的表示.
- 无论是物理仪器还是生物大脑, 它们本质上都无法"感知"空间或时间.
- 神经元活动可以被恰当地描述为一个连续的事件, 而不涉及空间或时间.
结论:
- 寻找直接的神经代表的空间和时间可能是错误的.
- 一个更有成效的方法是研究大脑创造推断,基于模型的解释的机制.
- 这种模式的转变可能会导致对导航和记忆等认知过程的更深入的理解.
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