Perhaps this is one reason the mind seems to act robotically

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ljk — 4/20/2006 5:59:51 PM (archived)

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Watching the brain 'switch off'
self-awareness

NewScientist.com news service April 19, 2006

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Researchers conducted a series of
experiments using fMRI to pinpoint
the brain activity associated with
introspection and that linked to
sensory function. They found that
the brain assumes a robotic
functionality when it has to
concentrate all its efforts on a
difficult, timed task -- only
becoming "human" again when it has
the luxury of...

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Man vs. machine - ljk - 4/6/2006 8:17:56 PM
- Singularity Summit At Stanford Explores Future Of 'Superintelligence' - ljk - 4/13/2006 1:45:11 PM
  - Cybernetics: Merging machine and man - LJK - 4/19/2006 3:33:23 PM
    - Birds of a feather flock together - SDF - 4/20/2006 5:05:27 PM
      - Perhaps this is one reason the mind seems to act robotically - ljk - 4/20/2006 5:59:51 PM
        
        Actually the point I was trying to make is.... - SDF - 4/20/2006 6:17:42 PM

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