How the brain constructs dreams

How the brain constructs the world

Neuroconstructivism: How the Brain Constructs Cognition

Below is the unedited précis of a book that is being accorded BBS multiple book review. This preprint has been prepared for potential commentators who wish to nominate themselves for formal commentary invitation. Please do not write a commentary unless you receive a formal invitation. Invited commentators will receive full instructions. Commentary must be based on the book.* Abstract: Neurocons...

Time regained: how the human brain constructs memory for time

Life’s episodes unfold against a context that changes with time. Recent neuroimaging studies have revealed significant findings about how specific areas of the human brain may support the representation of temporal information in memory. A consistent theme in these studies is that the hippocampus appears to play a central role in representing temporal context, as operationalized in neuroimaging...

Précis of neuroconstructivism: how the brain constructs cognition.

Neuroconstructivism: How the Brain Constructs Cognition proposes a unifying framework for the study of cognitive development that brings together (1) constructivism (which views development as the progressive elaboration of increasingly complex structures), (2) cognitive neuroscience (which aims to understand the neural mechanisms underlying behavior), and (3) computational modeling (which prop...

How Dreams And Memory May Be Related

I present a theory of dreams and long term memory structure that proposes that both entities are closely related. It is based on a variation of Freud's dream theory: (1) I re-label Freud's "Unconscious" the “Long Term Memory Structure” (LTMS), (2) I propose that dreams are ever present excitational responses to perturbations of perceptions and thought, during waking life as well as sleep, which...