# s-brain-ai-data-tool: abstract versus concrete behaviors: a hierarchically ordered connectome

a model <<  to show how the physical brain could give rise to abstract thought >>

the <<  work demonstrates (..) the basic operational paradigm of cognition, but shows that all cognitive behaviors exist on a hierarchy, starting with the most tangible behaviors such as finger tapping or pain, then to consciousness and extending to the most abstract thoughts and activities such as naming. This hierarchy of abstraction is related to the connectome structure of the whole human brain >>

Another outcome of the research <<  will be a new geometric data-science tool, which is likely to find widespread use in other fields where massive data is difficult to view coherently due to data overlap >>

http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/how-brain-architecture-leads-abstract

P. Taylor, J. N. Hobbs, et al. The global landscape of cognition: hierarchical aggregation as an organizational principle of human cortical networks and functions. Scientific Reports, 2015; 5: 18112 DOI: 10.1038/srep18112

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep18112

# rmx-s-brain: connectome inside an academic brain

<< Stanford researcher scans his own brain for a year and a half — the most studied in the world >>

http://www.kurzweilai.net/stanford-researcher-scans-his-own-brain-for-a-year-and-a-half-the-most-studied-in-the-world

Russell A. Poldrack,  Timothy O. Laumann et al. Long-term neural and physiological phenotyping of a single human. Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8885 doi:10.1038/ncomms9885. 09 December 2015 (open access)

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151209/ncomms9885/full/ncomms9885.html

# rmx-s-chem: a bizarre material

<< lanthanum aluminate film on a strontinum titanate crystal >> ... plus water

<< (..) a mysterious material emits ultraviolet light and has insulating, electrical conducting, semiconducting, superconducting, and ferromagnetic properties — all controlled by surface water >>

http://www.kurzweilai.net/mystery-material-stuns-scientists

Mohammad A. Islam, Diomedes Saldana-Greco,  et al.  Surface Chemically Switchable Ultraviolet Luminescence from Interfacial Two-Dimensional Electron Gas. Nano Letters, 2015; DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04461

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04461

# rmx-s-ecol: stabilizing climate: primates, tapirs, toucans ...

<< (..) a decline in fruit-eating animals such as large primates, tapirs and toucans could have a knock-on effect for tree species >>

https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/-/Extinction-of-large-animals-could-make-climate-change-worse

Bello C., Galetti M., et  al.  Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests. Science Advances, 2015, december 18

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/11/e1501105

# rmx: fuzzy forecasts

<< quello che un umano fa a una cavia, oggi, la stessa cosa una macchina potra' fare ad un umano, domani ... e' cosi' che funziona ... >> Anonymous, XX e.V.

rmx-s-brain: working like a radio, deep inside and in the "zona incerta"

<< (...) central thalamus works like a radio dial that tunes the brain to different states of activity and arousal >>

<< Located deep inside the brain the thalamus acts as a relay station sending neural signals from the body to the cortex >>

<< High frequency stimulation of 40 or 100 pulses per second [ flashed laser pulses ]    woke rats. In contrast, low frequency stimulation of 10 pulses per second sent rats into a state reminiscent of absence seizures that caused them to stiffen and stare before returning to sleep >>

<< Damage to neurons in the central part of the thalamus may lead to problems with sleep, attention, and memory >>

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/pressrelease_brain_consciousness_12182015.htm

Jia Liu, Hyun Joo Lee, et al. Frequency-selective control of cortical and subcortical networks by central thalamus. eLife, 2015; 4 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.09215

http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09215

# rmx-s-ai: about 'fuzzing' autonomous entities at intersections ...

<< This project "AIM"s to create a scalable, safe, and efficient multiagent framework for managing autonomous vehicles at intersections >>

University of Texas, Austin’s AIM traffic management simulator

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/%7Eaim/

Gord Hotchkiss. A new definition of order
December 8, 2015, 2:15 PM

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/264226/a-new-definition-of-order.html