Monday, May 11, 2009

1st Ponderances on Modeling Brain Function

Again, these thoughts should not be taken seriously.
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Intro

How would one begin to simulate brain function?
First, one would need to have an understanding of the anatomical complexity of the nervous system. Historically there have been many approaches to modeling brain function, so I figure why not take a shot with some of my own ideas?

Off the top of my head I can think of two predictable ways to begin modeling brain function.

Immediately I think of abstracting the neuron to the form of an electrical circuit. However, I cannot accept this because I suspect that classical electromagnetic theory is (and I hope I can say that without expecting criticism)rather outdated to be describing the central nervous system.

The question of multiparticle and multimolecular systems is a matter of QED. This paper will ultimately delve into the simulation of quantum systems using real Hilbert spaces and subsequent applications to biological systems.

But first I want to play with language and invent a few words...

Boundary Conditions

How is the brainstate of a person throughout their life determined?
One would first have to set the boundary conditions of 'brainstate', 'person', 'life' and 'determined'.
The boundary conditions of 'brainstate' are embedded within those of 'person', and 'person' within those of 'life'.

The boundary conditions of life itself, the brodest of all relevant categories, give hints as to the methodology behind determining boundary conditions in general. However, let us directly address the boundary conditions of 'brainstate' first; these are the physical conditions necessary for a 'brainstate' to exist, i.e. a specific range of temperatures, among many other conditions, which hopefully will later on be generalized accurately.
For now, a 'brainstate' is exists only within a range of energy states.

The boundary conditions of 'determined' are past perfect of 'to determine', which is strictly within the boundary conditions of anything that determines i.e. thinking beings, the best example: people.

To determine the boundary conditions of 'determining', a person must determine the brainstate of a person determining...TBC.

1 comment:

  1. I have a .pdf you might be interested in, but I can't seem to upload it anywhere

    I'll just e-mail it :)

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