tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050864522348178434.post6099787176225225896..comments2023-09-09T06:03:36.116-07:00Comments on Unsupervised Thinking: Episode 45: How Working Memory WorksUnsupervised Thinkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572915445186026448noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050864522348178434.post-43226362660138447342019-06-27T03:43:11.289-07:002019-06-27T03:43:11.289-07:00Yea! There is for sure more information stored or ...Yea! There is for sure more information stored or present in the monkey's brain as it's holding the flash location in mind. That is frequently what people mean when they say "noise" or talk about how working memory needs to be robust to noise. Of course it's not really noise if it is useful info, but from the point of view of the particular task being studied it's irrelevant. So it's mostly viewed as a nuisance/thing to overcome in the context of these highly controlled and unnatural experimentsGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730640079473131326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050864522348178434.post-86586353001744006652019-05-30T07:41:42.924-07:002019-05-30T07:41:42.924-07:00Thanks for the timely podcast. It was just what I ...Thanks for the timely podcast. It was just what I was looking for.<br />I am a student of the brain who studies its operation as an avocation - not associated with any college or business.<br />My current quest is to learn what is known about the last 500 mSec of my existence. What is the underlying biological functions that allow us all to experience reality.<br /><br />I have downloaded the papers you referenced and am reading them now but as you described your thoughts on Working Memory it occurred to me that the working memory contents of that monkey's brain must have contained much more than the light flash. It must have contained the entire awareness of the animal.<br /><br />That 'working memory' must have contained the monkey's sensation of heat/cold, hearing, other images in his field of view, that itch under his left paw and on and on. It must also contain his current thoughts as they arise and are pondered on. In short, the working memory should actually be called 'The Present'.<br />I wonder if that has occurred to others?<br /><br />I have a simulated neuron based in the Izhikevich model, but compiled running now to learn from. If your interested you can download it (Windows only) here:<br />https://www.seti.net/Brain/Neurons/Izhikevich/models.php<br />James Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704381703869273554noreply@blogger.com