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Brain-Mind Magazine<br>
Vol. 1, No. 2, 2012<br>
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Table of Contents<br>
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Consciousness, Peer Review and More</a> 1 <br>
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Conscious Minds in the Same Brain? Split Brains and the
Alien-Hand Syndrome</a> 2 - 4<br>
by <em>Gonzalo Munevar </em><br>
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<strong>Abstract: </strong>It is not uncommon, even for
distinguished investigators in neuroscience, to believe that two
independent consciousness, two minds, may exist side by side in
split-brain patients. A split-brain patient is a severe epileptic
whose corpus callosum – the structure that connects the right and
left hemispheres of the cerebral cortex – has been severed. This
belief arose in great part because some split-brain patients have
been afflicted by the “alien-hand syndrome,” in which the patient,
say, would reach for an object with his right hand, only to have
the left hand block or undo the action. This fascinating
possibility of two minds in the same brain is undermined, however,
by more recent understanding of how a cerebral structure called
the supplementary motor area selects and inhibits plans for action
(developed in the premotor cortex). Nevertheless, explaining the
true cause of alien-hand syndrome can be fascinating in its own
right. <br>
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Stories 2: Bonds and Feuds</a> 5 - 7<br>
by <em>Brian N. Huang </em><br>
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<strong>Abstract: </strong>A brain forms founds based on
long-time accumulation of experience. When it was forced to choose
friend and foe, the brain does so based on past personal
experience. There is no absolute right or wrong. A brain is prone
to bounds and feuds because of dopamine and serotonin modulation
to the brain circuits. I present my personal stories that look
childish from the view of a third person. However, stories of
similar nature are taking place everywhere, from individuals to
nations. <br>
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TPAMI Banned Neural Network Approaches</a> 8 - 10<br>
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by <em>Christopher S. Masfis </em><br>
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<strong>Abstract: </strong>Consider the established convention
of scientific journals and the checks-and-balances of power in
scientific publications.Is it a healthy practice for a
problem-oriented journal to ban a particular category of
approaches to its problems? This article reports an instance. <br>
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Theoretical Proof Bridged the Two AI Schools but a Major AI
Journal Desk-Rejected It</a> 11 - 12<br>
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by <em>Christopher S. Masfis </em><br>
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<strong>Abstract: </strong>Artificial Intelligence (AI)
approaches fall into two schools, symbolic and connectionist,
although a hybrid is possible. In each school, there have been
many published theoretical models and experimental results.
Inspired by the brain-like information processing, a theoretical
proof established that all the models in these two schools are
tightly related, via a mature automata theory well known in
computer science. This predicted how the brain uses the best of
the both schools. A major AI journal desk-rejected the submissions
stating “without the possibility of further resubmission”.<br>
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2nd Open Letter to the US President Obama: Why US Should Be
Friendly with Every Government?</a> 13 - 15<br>
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by <em>Juyang Weng </em><br>
<strong>Abstract: </strong>All minds are not only groupish in
nature, but also partially blind because of a lack of experience
and knowledge. For US national interest, the US government should
make friends with every government, not to isolate any imaginary
or real rivals in peaceful competition. I submit brain-inspired
reasons. <br>
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