-----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ginger Campbell, MD Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:31 To: Meir Weiss Subject: BSP 66: Memory and the Computational Brain with Randy Gallistel <http://docartemis.com/Images/bsp_header_newsletter.jpg> I want to apologize for the delay in getting out this month's newsletter. Here are the show notes for last week's show. Please send me your feedback and suggestions for how I can improve this newsletter. Ginger Campbell, MD <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=TwYVuP3kzkW984hpx F3d_w> Episode 66 <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=g_lPJkcUaGfMVgu9q PZuIw> of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Randy Gallistel, PhD, <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=TwYVuP3kzkW984hpx F3d_w> Co-Director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science and co-author (with Adam Philip King) of Memory and the Computational Brain: Why Cognitive Science will Transform Neuroscience <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=yQ0CUatKTgBRzYfnM 73ZAw> . We discuss why read/write memory is an essential element of computation with an emphasis on the animal experiments that support the claim that brains must possess read/write memory. This is significant because current models, such as neural nets, DO NOT incorporate read/write memory in their assumptions about how brains work. It is not necessary to have any background in information theory or computation to appreciate the experiments that are discussed in this episode. Episode 3 <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=9xtz0QMBPUawYrq6B e89Ww> and Episode 12 <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=WNg.VQ1QbF4b2_2Ek erucg> of the Brain Science Podcast provide background information for this episode. listen-to-audio <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=vsCyhBVY1V4Y8BvUk MlOfg> Listen to Free Podcast <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=vsCyhBVY1V4Y8BvUk MlOfg> Episode Transcript (Download free PDF <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=fxyW4CASQ7m1SsnyU ADR4w> ) Subscribe to the Brain Science Podcast: itunes-badge-30 <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=g1dieGopJfZdBogre q_ABg> zunelogo-70 <zune://subscribe/?%74%68%65%20%42%72%61%69%6e%20%53%63%69%65%6e%63%65%20%50 %6f%64%63%61%73%74%20%77%69%74%68%20%44%72%2e%20%47%69%6e%67%65%72%20%43%61% 6d%70%62%65%6c%6c=http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast> feed-icon32x32 <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=w0vg1iIiRdpRqps0E vKepQ> mail-sticker-tiny <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=L4t.MYEtu3AbuGZAe oKiMw> References and Links: * Spikes: Exploring the Neural Code <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=AVa6jGGqemKyQoV4a 4i7mA> by Fred Rieke, David Warland, Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck, William Bialek * Memory and the Computational Brain: Why Cognitive Science will Transform Neuroscience <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=yQ0CUatKTgBRzYfnM 73ZAw> by C. 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Shannon <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=wiG5xPmDdOSEOD9cx Tv_XA> : His paper (A Mathematical Theory of Communication, Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 379-423, 623-656, 1948) is a cornerstone of information theory. * Rdiger Wehner <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=P8gQ2IyWhJ0nD_ik3 Q28nw> : Swiss researcher who has studied dead reckoning in insects * Nicky Clayton <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=NYOFt6XD3c.YbIzEs G8__Q> and Tony Dickinson <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=WxGdsui0nO1TbPuf_ ut6jw> : these researchers have performed elegant experiments that study scrub jay caching. * Christof Koch <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=sVaYChXzpuOGRXkpm dSLOg> : was interviewed in Episode 22 <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=BxMFMCc1sL4d180IN Jafbw> of the Brain Science Podcast Announcements: * This was my 100th podcast (BSP 66 plus Books and Ideas <http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=IrQcBsvp39mbyh&b=KiOLOGVJK3M.3h5cz 6JxoQ> 34)! 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