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Consciousness
How our brains turn matter into meaning
by John Parrington
A reading log.
Part 4
June 5, 2024
What humans also distinguish from animals, even from our closest relatives, apes, is to conceptualize. For example, animals see colors but humans intuitively create a system to sort colors. All children like to draw and experiment with colors and forms. Humans create visual art by conceptualizing reality.
Chapter 6, page 59
June 7, 2024
It is astonishingly well understood what neurons do to store memories. But it is not understood how memories are actually stored and processed. From patients with brain injuries and lesions, we know that the hippocampus is central for processing memories. Different neurons store different information (color, location, form, etc.). But memories alone are not consciousness.
Chapter 7, page 67
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